Primary
St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Houghton Green Lane, Playden, Playden Rye, TN31 7PJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 75 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 8.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 92
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 April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2019
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
0%
61 points below the East Sussex average (61% across 129 schools)
97.0
8.5 below the East Sussex average (105.5 across 129 schools)
123rd 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 | 96 |
| Average reading score | 97 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| 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 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 96.0 |
Houghton Green Lane, Playden, Playden Rye, TN31 7PJ
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
- Head of School
- Lison Smart
- Address
- Houghton Green Lane, Playden, Playden Rye, TN31 7PJ
- Telephone
- 01797280277