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Chantry Community Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 195 pupils Bexhill-On-Sea
Ofsted: Good

Chantry Community Primary School is an academy converter in Bexhill-On-Sea for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 195 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Chantry Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023 of its predecessor, Chantry Community Primary School. In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Barrack Road
Bexhill-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN40 2AT
Phone 01424211696
Reference Number 150494

General Makeup

Number of pupils 195
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.82%
Girls: 47.18%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 16 30
2 19 7 26
3 14 14 28
4 13 16 29
5 13 19 32
6 15 16 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 80%
African 7.2%
White, Other 4.6%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
White & Asian 1%
Unclassified 1%
Asian, Other 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Chantry Community Primary School, inspected in June 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Mar 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 42%
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 100
Maths 101
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 37 9
Third Preference 17 2
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Chantry Community Primary School had 199 pupils for 210 places. 11 places (5.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Bexhill and Surrounding Primary” planning area

East Sussex counted 392 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 406 in 2029–30, up 4%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 201199
Unfilled 4.3%5.2%

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 Chantry Community Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.1%
Unauthorised absence 1.6%
Severely absent pupils 1.1%

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, 1.0% of pupils at Chantry Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.4
Permanent exclusions 1

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 Chantry Community Primary School had 19.5 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

20252026
Pupils per adult 13.012.1
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 90.0%–
Sick days per teacher 6.9–

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, 19.0% of pupils at Chantry Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 11 2
Speech, language and communication needs 9 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 7 1
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Multi-sensory impairment 2 0
Vision impairment 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 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 Chantry Community Primary School received £6,820 and spent £6,868 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £175,000 (£855 per pupil).

Across all 28 schools of Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust, income was £7,049 and spending £7,093 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £175,000
per pupil £855
In-year balance -£10,000
per pupil -£48

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
St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School
Buckhurst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1QE
0.28 miles
King Offa Primary Academy
Down Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4HS
0.31 miles
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill
All Saints Lane, Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 5HA
0.66 miles
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School
Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2ND
0.83 miles
Glenleigh Park Primary Academy
Gunters Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4ED
0.91 miles
Pebsham Primary Academy
School Place, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2PU
1.24 miles
Little Common School
Shepherds Close, Little Common Primary School, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4SQ
1.6 miles
Crowhurst CofE Primary School
Forewood Lane, Crowhurst, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9AJ
2.76 miles
Mulberry West St Leonards Primary
Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8BX
2.84 miles
Robsack Wood Primary School
Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9TE
2.85 miles
St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy
Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0NX
3.14 miles
Ninfield Church of England Primary School
Church Lane, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9JW
3.36 miles
Churchwood Primary School
Church-in-the-Wood Lane, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9PB
3.4 miles
Catsfield Church of England Primary School
Church Road, Catsfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9DP
3.42 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy
Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, TN37 6JJ
3.83 miles
Hollington Primary School
Hollington Old Lane, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9DS
3.86 miles
Mulberry Silverdale Primary
Mulberry Silverdale Primary, Perth Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 7EA
3.98 miles
St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 6EU
4.08 miles
St Paul's Church of England Academy
Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 6RT
4.12 miles
Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy
Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7LR
4.42 miles
Name Distance
St Mary's School and 6th Form College
Wrestwood Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2LU
0.57 miles
St Richard's Catholic College
Ashdown Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1SE
0.74 miles
Bexhill College
Penland Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2JG
0.81 miles
Bexhill High Academy
Gunters Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4BY
0.95 miles
Glyne Gap School
School Place, Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2PU
1.2 miles
Bexhill Independent Special School
Shimba Lodge, Freezeland Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 5JD
1.63 miles
Mulberry Academy St Leonards
Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HH
2.75 miles
Saxon Mount School
Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HH
2.76 miles
Headstart
Crouch Lane, Ninfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9EG
2.97 miles
Lansdowne Children's Centre
Care of: Children's Social Services, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6LW
3.81 miles
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9JU
3.83 miles
ISP School
Glengorse Estate, Glengorse, Battle, TN33 0TX
4.24 miles
Ark Alexandra Academy
Park Avenue, William Parker Campus, Park Avenue, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2PG
4.61 miles
Battle Abbey School
High street, East Sussex, TN33 0AD
4.65 miles
Claverham Community College
North Trade Road, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0HT
4.74 miles

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

Chantry Community Primary School is part of Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust, which runs 28 schools. The nearest others:

What is Chantry Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chantry Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023 of its predecessor, Chantry Community Primary School.

When was Chantry Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chantry Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Chantry Community Primary School have?

Chantry Community Primary School has 195 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chantry Community Primary School cover?

Chantry Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Chantry Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chantry Community Primary School?

Chantry Community Primary School is at Barrack Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2AT.

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