East Hoathly CofE Primary School

East Hoathly CofE Primary School maintains its status as a good school with a strong, inclusive environment where pupils are engaged and excited about learning. The school boasts high expectations, leading to well-rounded achievements among students who display positive attitudes and a respect for one another. With a curriculum designed to enhance both academic skills and personal development, the school strives to cater to the diverse needs of its students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A strong emphasis is placed on fostering the right attitudes towards learning and important life skills. Despite notable strengths, the school acknowledges challenges within its phonics curriculum, which previously hindered some Year 1 pupils from developing reading skills at the expected pace. Leaders have recognized this issue and are actively working to embed improvements to ensure that every pupil becomes a confident reader. Overall, the proactive steps taken by the school put them on the right path to continue building on their successes while addressing areas for enhancement.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm and positive attitudes towards learning.
• The school fosters an inclusive and respectful environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well-designed and logically sequenced.
• Teachers have secure subject knowledge and adapt lessons to meet pupils' needs.
• High priority is given to reading, with efforts to improve phonics instruction.
• Pupils develop age-appropriate attitudes towards important concepts in personal, social and health education.
• Staff are positive and receive high-quality training.
• The safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have not learned to read confidently and fluently due to previous phonics curriculum shortcomings.

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 East Hoathly CofE Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% 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, 4.8% of pupils at East Hoathly CofE Primary 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 East Hoathly CofE Primary School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% 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, 31.5% of pupils at East Hoathly CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 East Hoathly CofE Primary School received £8,511 and spent £8,608 for each of its 464 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £117,000 (£251 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). This school files a single return with the other schools in its federation, so the figures are for the whole federation.

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What is East Hoathly CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Hoathly CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was East Hoathly CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

East Hoathly CofE Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does East Hoathly CofE Primary School have?

East Hoathly CofE Primary School has 73 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Hoathly CofE Primary School cover?

East Hoathly CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are East Hoathly CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Hoathly CofE Primary School?

East Hoathly CofE Primary School is at Church Marks Lane, East Hoathly, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6EQ.