Primary
St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy
Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0NX
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 400 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 37.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 409
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 November 2025
- 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 inspections2
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
January 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
63%
4 points above the St Leonards-on-Sea average (59% across 8 schools)
104.0
0.2 above the St Leonards-on-Sea average (103.8 across 8 schools)
7th of 8 by our score, among the primary schools in St Leonards-on-Sea we can score - 9 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 | 103 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
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 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 69% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0NX
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
- Faith Rew
- Address
- Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0NX
- Telephone
- 01424422950