Motcombe Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Eastbourne, 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.
Motcombe Infants' School is a primary school in Eastbourne, East Sussex for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Motcombe Infants' 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.30 miles, 11th shortest of 27 East Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.74 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 7 of the 8 years with a published outcome; in 2026, 85 other East Sussex primary schools offered every applicant a place.
- At 21%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals is below the 28.3% middle figure 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
- Macmillan Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 1SN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high ambition for all pupils.”
- “The purposeful and well-considered learning environment promotes pupils’ learning successfully.”
- “Pupils rise to the challenges set by their teachers and show interest in what they study.”
To improve
- “In the 2022 national assessments, disadvantaged pupils did not achieve as well as previous cohorts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 51 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.
- Pashley Down Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ocklynge Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stafford Junior School 1.2 mi Good
- Bourne Primary School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Parkland Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkland Junior School 1.5 mi Standards maintained
- Roselands Infants' School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published