Grovelands Community Primary School
Primary · Hailsham · BN27 3UW
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 4 February 2020
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
694 pupils · 110% of 630 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.grovelands-school.co.uk/
- URN
- 151810
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 105 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 4 February 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.17 first-choice applications per place90 places offered · 105 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Hailsham school admissions · East Sussex school admissions
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 17 of 17 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 87% (East Sussex 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (East Sussex 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (East Sussex 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (East Sussex 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,335; 5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 26.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 14.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 80.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 3.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 55% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 31.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021181 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £315,000419 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £268,500–£375,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 11an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
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