Laughton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Lewes, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2017–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Laughton Community Primary School is a primary school in Lewes, East Sussex for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Laughton 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 2.31 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 5.48 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 6.28 mi |
| 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 3 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 69 pupils on roll, there are 11.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in East Sussex.
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
- Church Lane, Laughton, Lewes, BN8 6AH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 69 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this nurturing village school.”
- “They work hard to embody the school’s values of ‘curiosity, imagination, collaboration, resilience and discipline’.”
- “Pupils demonstrate these through their hard work and caring attitudes to one another.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, assessment is not used well enough to plan longer-term support and narrow gaps in learning.”
- “The school has planned the teaching of phonics carefully but this is not taught consistently well.”
- “Teachers do not always ensure that pupils practise phonics effectively enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 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) | 40% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- East Hoathly CofE Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chiddingly Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ringmer Primary and Nursery School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park Mead Primary School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Firle Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Little Horsted Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hellingly Community Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Framfield Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published