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Framfield Church of England Primary School

Primary · Uckfield · TN22 5NR

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 December 2024

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At a glance

85 pupils · 81% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.framfieldcep.e-sussex.sch.uk
URN
114550

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 10 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

14 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers75.5%
East Sussex average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 227 miles awayGood50%
Roecliffe CofE Primary SchoolYork · 225 miles awayExpected standard86%
Harrold Primary AcademyBedford · 91 miles awayGood81%
St Peter's Church of England School, AlvescotBampton · 92 miles awayGood69%
Hailey Church of England Primary SchoolWitney · 91 miles awayGood71%
Huntley Church of England Primary SchoolHuntley · 127 miles awayGood82%
Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 99 miles awayGood100%
Chappel CofE Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · 71 miles awayExpected standard63%
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 100 miles awayGood43%
Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary SchoolHungerford · 79 miles awayGood64%
Benington Church of England Primary SchoolStevenage · 65 miles awayGood82%
Birdlip Primary SchoolGloucester · 113 miles awayGood80%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (East Sussex 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Sussex: 2.91 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,842; 28.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,322
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £105,596; in-year balance +£11,546

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.5%62.3%
Social housing3.8%17.1%
Privately rented11.7%20.5%
Detached houses62.1%22.9%
Flats2.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021170 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£507,50024 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£389,000–£660,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£585,000
Semi-detached (10)£414,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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