Primary
St Michael's Primary School
Station Road, Withyham, Hartfield, TN7 4BP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 74 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
- Local authority
- East Sussex
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 8.0
- Pupils per adult
- 9.5
- Pupils
- 76
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
71%
10 points above the East Sussex average (61% across 129 schools)
111.0
5.5 above the East Sussex average (105.5 across 129 schools)
106th of 130 by our score, among the primary schools in East Sussex we can score - 147 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 71% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 71% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 111.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Station Road, Withyham, Hartfield, TN7 4BP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
East Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Catherine O'Shea
- Address
- Station Road, Withyham, Hartfield, TN7 4BP
- Telephone
- 01892770307
Other primary schools nearby
- St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School3.2/10
- Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School6.9/10
- St John's Church of England Primary School6.4/10
- Fordcombe Church of England Primary School6.7/10
- Langton Green Primary School7.3/10
- Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School5.1/10