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St Mark's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Uckfield · TN22 4HY

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 July 2025

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At a glance

58 pupils · 55% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
31% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
33.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://st-marks-hadlowdown.co.uk/
URN
114552

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 1.00 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 15 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
East Sussex average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Husthwaite Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 227 miles awayRequires improvement88%
Broad Town Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 95 miles awayGood63%
Lydden Primary SchoolDover · 48 miles awayNo current grade75%
Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary SchoolBury St. Edmunds · 87 miles awayGood71%
Bradwell Junior SchoolHope Valley · 181 miles awayInadequate60%
Kempsford Church of England Primary SchoolFairford · 96 miles awayGood43%
The Valley Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 165 miles awayGood78%
Fressingfield Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 105 miles awayGood36%
Tortworth Primary SchoolWotton-under-Edge · 121 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk · 219 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Whitley Village SchoolWarrington · 198 miles awayGood80%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OsbaldestonBlackburn · 224 miles awayExpected standard71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (East Sussex 81%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (East Sussex 0%, England 0%)

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)
10.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
35.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
14.7
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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.3 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 £56,492; 40% 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£10,402
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £174,065; in-year balance +£33,016

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier89.4%62.3%
Social housing1.4%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses78.5%22.9%
Flats2.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms59.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021144 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£770,00015 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£521,000–£1,035,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£770,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a 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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