Rotherfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Crowborough, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.00 miles
Published by East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Rotherfield Primary School is a primary school in Crowborough, East Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Rotherfield 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 | 2.00 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 2.11 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 3.90 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 2.31 mi |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2017 | 1.62 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 2.00 miles away, the 13th longest of 27 East Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2017; every applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 9 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- North Street, Rotherfield, Crowborough, TN6 3NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive to a warm welcome at the school gate.”
- “This creates a buzz of excitement and a positive start to the day.”
- “Because this is a small school, pupils say that they all get to know one another here and say that ‘everyone can have a friend’.”
To improve
- “However, there is not yet a clearly established approach to check precisely what pupils have learned from the intended curriculum across all the foundation subjects.”
- “This means that teachers are not always clear about what pupils know and remember and where they may need additional support.”
- “However, some older pupils at the earliest stages of reading are not taught using the same consistent standard and approach.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 March 2023 (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) | 55% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Jarvis Brook Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mark Cross Church of England Aided Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashdown Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mayfield Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Five Ashes CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published