Burwash CofE School

Burwash CofE School has been rated as outstanding overall for its performance, reflecting its exceptional quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and management. The school's vision of 'caring children, loving learning' is evident in the engagement and motivation of pupils, who demonstrate a strong sense of community and respect for one another. The curriculum is ambitious, well-structured, and benefits all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which has led to high achievement across the board.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education with a highly ambitious curriculum.
• Exemplary behavior and positive relationships among pupils.
• High levels of engagement and motivation in learning.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on vocabulary development and language-rich environments.
• Highly trained staff that foster independence in early years.
• Involvement in community and global initiatives.
• Consistent high attendance rates among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance of a small proportion of disadvantaged pupils is not as high as the rest of the school.

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 Burwash CofE School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% 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 Burwash CofE School 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 Burwash CofE School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Burwash CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Burwash CofE School received £6,684 and spent £6,768 for each of its 158 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£288 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 Burwash CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burwash CofE School is Outstanding, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Burwash CofE School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burwash CofE School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Burwash CofE School have?

Burwash CofE School has 158 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burwash CofE School cover?

Burwash CofE School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Burwash CofE School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burwash CofE School?

Burwash CofE School is at School Hill, Burwash, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7DZ.