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Langney Primary Academy

Primary Ages 2-11 465 pupils Eastbourne
Ofsted: Good
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Langney Primary Academy is an academy converter in Eastbourne for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 465 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Langney Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Langney Primary School. In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: November 2022. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Chailey Close
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN23 7EA
Phone 01323762177
Reference Number 146231

General Makeup

Number of pupils 465
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.74%
Girls: 52.26%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 28.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 32 60
2 32 28 60
3 31 31 62
4 31 31 62
5 30 33 63
6 26 35 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 79.4%
White, Other 4.9%
Mixed, Other 2.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
White & Asian 1.9%
White & Black (African) 1.9%
Unclassified 1.3%
African 1.1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Langney Primary School, inspected in May 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 13 Sep 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
13 Sep 2022 School inspection
12 Sep 2018 Academy conversion letter
22 May 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Langney Primary School
11 Jul 2013 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Full inspection:
04 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
27 Jun 2005 Inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 53%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.7
Writing -2.5
Maths 2.1

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 42 1
Third Preference 19 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Langney Primary Academy had 424 pupils for 420 places. That is 4 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Eastbourne Primary” planning area

East Sussex counted 949 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 858 in 2029–30, down 10%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 510480480450420420
Pupils 511492486453425424
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Langney Primary Academy attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%2.5%4.6%4.1%3.9%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%0.4%1.0%1.0%1.1%1.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.9%0.0%0.5%0.8%0.0%0.0%

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, 0.4% of pupils at Langney Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.70.70.00.00.4
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Langney Primary Academy had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.314.414.412.111.110.410.911.2
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%11.7%4.7%5.1%8.5%4.1%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 70.0%–51.7%87.1%70.0%62.1%53.6%–
Sick days per teacher 6.4–3.97.95.910.32.7–

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, 18.7% of pupils at Langney Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 30 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 23 3
Social, emotional and mental health 12 0
Specific learning difficulty 10 0
Moderate learning difficulty 5 1
Other difficulty or disability 3 0
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Langney Primary Academy received £6,301 and spent £6,657 for each of its 467 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £190,000 (£407 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Swale Academies Trust, income was £8,268 and spending £8,248 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £55,000£52,000£190,000£174,000£117,000£95,000£190,000
per pupil £100£91£361£331£234£202£407
In-year balance -£64,000-£54,000-£4,000£91,000-£66,000-£163,000-£166,000
per pupil -£118-£94-£8£173-£132-£346-£356

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.

Name Distance
West Rise Primary School and Nursery
Chaffinch Road, Langney, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 7SL
0.54 miles
The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School
Atlantic Drive, Sovereign Harbour South, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 5SW
0.6 miles
Tollgate Community Junior School
Winston Crescent, Seaside, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 6NL
0.7 miles
Shinewater Primary School
Milfoil Drive, Langney, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8ED
1.15 miles
St Andrew's Church of England Infants School
Winchelsea Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 7PP
1.17 miles
Heron Park Primary Academy
Dallington Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9EE
1.39 miles
Pevensey and Westham CofE Primary School
High Street, Westham, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5LP
1.43 miles
Roselands Infants' School
Woodgate Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8PD
1.58 miles
Stone Cross School
Adur Drive, Stone Cross, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5EF
1.59 miles
Stafford Junior School
Ringwood Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8UA
1.62 miles
Parkland Infant School
Brassey Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9QJ
1.94 miles
Parkland Junior School
Brassey Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9QJ
1.94 miles
Bourne Primary School
Melbourne Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8BD
2.06 miles
St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School
3 Tutts Barn Lane, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8XT
2.06 miles
Hankham Primary School
Hankham Road, Hankham, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5AY
2.1 miles
Oakwood Primary Academy
Magnolia Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 0SS
2.11 miles
Ocklynge Junior School
Victoria Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8XN
2.71 miles
Motcombe Infants' School
Macmillan Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1SN
2.74 miles
The South Downs School
Beechy Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8NU
3.09 miles
Pashley Down Infant School
Beechy Avenue, Pashley Down Infant School, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8NX
3.16 miles
Name Distance
St Catherine's College
Priory Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 7BL
0.12 miles
The Turing School
Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8EJ
1.23 miles
Hazel Court School
Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8EJ
1.33 miles
Summerdown School
3 Broadwater Way, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9PZ
1.76 miles
Anderida Learning Centre
NEVILLE MEWS, 6A NEVILLE ROAD, EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX, BN22 8HR
1.88 miles
East Sussex College Group
Cross Levels Way, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 2UF
1.97 miles
The Eastbourne Academy
Brodrick Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9RQ
2.01 miles
The Lindfield School
Lindfield Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 0BQ
2.07 miles
Ratton School
Park Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 2XR
2.46 miles
The Cavendish School
Eldon Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1UE
2.67 miles
Gildredge House
Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8AB
2.83 miles
Eastbourne College
Headmaster's House, Eastbourne, BN21 4JX
2.91 miles
Willingdon Community School
Broad Road, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 9QX
3.35 miles
St Andrew's Prep
Meads, Eastbourne, BN20 7RP
3.71 miles

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Langney Primary Academy is part of Swale Academies Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

What is Langney Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langney Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Langney Primary School.

When was Langney Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Langney Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Langney Primary Academy have?

Langney Primary Academy has 465 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langney Primary Academy cover?

Langney Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langney Primary Academy?

Langney Primary Academy is at Chailey Close, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 7EA.

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