Denton Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Newhaven, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.81 miles
Published by East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Denton Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Newhaven, East Sussex for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Denton Community Primary School and Nursery 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 | 0.81 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 2.94 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.82 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.90 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.40 mi |
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 0.81 miles away, the 8th shortest of 27 East Sussex primary schools with a published 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2017, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Acacia Road, Denton, Newhaven, BN9 0QJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 232 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love learning at this inclusive community school.”
- “They show this through their positive attitudes to learning and purposeful work in lessons.”
- “Teachers have high expectations of pupils.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always done consistently across all subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not always learn the curriculum content as well as they could.”
- “However, on a small number of occasions, some of the activities chosen do not always help pupils to build on their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 December 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) | 52% | 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: 32 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.
- Harbour Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Breakwater Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- High Cliff Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Seaford Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Peacehaven Heights Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cradle Hill Community Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Telscombe Cliffs Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published