Hamsey Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Lewes, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.30 miles
Published by East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2017–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Hamsey Community Primary School is a primary school in Lewes, East Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hamsey Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.30 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | 1.66 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.67 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 1.78 mi |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2017 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.30 miles away, the 10th shortest of 27 East Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 reached 70%, the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in East Sussex that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cooksbridge, Lewes, BN8 4SJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are kind and caring at this inclusive school.”
- “They are well prepared for their next steps.”
- “Older pupils act as excellent role models.”
To improve
- “However, at times these aspects are not consistently effective.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always learn as well as they could.”
- “However, the books that the youngest pupils read are not always closely enough matched to the sounds and letters that they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in East Sussex.
- Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Barcombe Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Southover CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Western Road Community Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Plumpton Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ringmer Primary and Nursery School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published