Glenleigh Park Primary Academy

Glenleigh Park Primary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a Good rating across all inspected areas. The school benefits from a strong community ethos, with positive relationships among staff, pupils, and parents. The curriculum is well-structured, catering effectively to all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Furthermore, the school emphasizes reading as a priority, engaging students from the early years with a range of resources and activities that foster a love for literacy. However, there are areas identified for improvement, particularly in ensuring consistent teaching practices across all subjects.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive community ethos
• Strong relationships between staff, pupils, and parents
• High ambitions for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Well-structured and expertly planned curriculum
• Effective support for pupils' emotional well-being
• Strong focus on reading across the school
• High levels of engagement and positive behavior among pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teaching practices in some recently developed subjects
• Some lesson activities do not deepen pupils' knowledge effectively
• Minority of pupils have high absence rates impacting their 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 Glenleigh Park Primary Academy attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.7% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Glenleigh Park Primary Academy 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 Glenleigh Park Primary Academy had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.3% 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, 16.5% of pupils at Glenleigh Park Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 2024–25 Glenleigh Park Primary Academy received £6,798 and spent £6,766 for each of its 361 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £198,000 (£549 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Aurora Academies Trust, income was £7,372 and spending £7,352 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bexhill-On-Sea · East Sussex local authority: places and applications

Glenleigh Park Primary Academy is part of Aurora Academies Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• King Offa Primary Academy Bexhill-On-Sea
• Heron Park Primary Academy Eastbourne
• Oakwood Primary Academy Eastbourne
• City Academy Whitehawk Brighton
• The Gatwick School Crawley
• Westvale Park Primary Academy Horley

What is Glenleigh Park Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glenleigh Park Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2024.

When was Glenleigh Park Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Glenleigh Park Primary Academy was last inspected in February 2024.

How many pupils does Glenleigh Park Primary Academy have?

Glenleigh Park Primary Academy has 334 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glenleigh Park Primary Academy cover?

Glenleigh Park Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Glenleigh Park Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Glenleigh Park Primary Academy?

Glenleigh Park Primary Academy is at Gunters Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4ED.