Polegate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Polegate, 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, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Polegate Primary School is a primary school in Polegate, East Sussex for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Polegate 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 | 1.25 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.58 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.02 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.81 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.31 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.88 mi |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2017 | 0.80 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 84 first-choice applications for 88 offers; 82 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 689 pupils were on roll in January 2026, with 23.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in East Sussex is 19.5.
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
- Oakleaf Drive, East Sussex, Polegate, BN26 6PT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 689 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils rate their vibrant and friendly school highly.”
- “They feel very lucky to attend Polegate Primary.”
- “The school’s vision of ‘learning without limits’ is tightly woven through daily life.”
To improve
- “In a couple of subjects, however, pupils do not always remember their learning well enough.”
- “Here, some key ideas have not been fully understood, meaning that facts become muddled over time.”
- “The school has refined its approach to teaching mathematics because in the past, pupils did not achieve as well as they could have.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 2025 (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) | 66% | 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: 84 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 82 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.
- Willingdon Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakwood Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stone Cross School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkland Infant School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkland Junior School 2.1 mi Standards maintained
- Hankham Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Shinewater Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heron Park Primary Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published