Denton Community Primary School and Nursery

Denton Community Primary School and Nursery has demonstrated that it is effectively maintaining the standards recognized in its previous inspections. Pupils display a strong love for learning and consistently exhibit positive attitudes in the classroom. The school's environment is respectful and inclusive, with a strong sense of community among students. Teachers maintain high expectations, and the curriculum is ambitious, helping prepare pupils well for their future education. Notably, the school has made significant improvements in areas highlighted by the school council based on pupil feedback, contributing to a happy and engaging school culture.

Strengths

• Pupils show positive attitudes towards learning.
• High expectations maintained by teachers.
• Effective school council enhancing breaktimes.
• Well-trained staff in phonics leading to fluent reading.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers facilitating clear learning.
• Children develop early reading skills effectively.
• Pupils' personal development is prioritized.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding across subjects.
• Some activities do not effectively build on pupils' prior learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Denton Community Primary School and Nursery attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Denton Community Primary School and Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Denton Community Primary School and Nursery had 26.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.7% of pupils at Denton Community Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 3 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Denton Community Primary School and Nursery received £7,993 and spent £8,036 for each of its 231 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £182,000 (£787 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Denton Community Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Denton Community Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Denton Community Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Denton Community Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Denton Community Primary School and Nursery have?

Denton Community Primary School and Nursery has 232 pupils on roll.

What age range does Denton Community Primary School and Nursery cover?

Denton Community Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Denton Community Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Denton Community Primary School and Nursery?

Denton Community Primary School and Nursery is at Acacia Road, Denton, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 0QJ.