Pashley Down Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Eastbourne, 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.
Pashley Down Infant School is a primary school in Eastbourne, East Sussex for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Pashley Down Infant 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 | 1.91 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 0.00 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.93 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
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, whereas places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 8 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 59 first-choice applications for 69 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 12.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.3% 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
- Beechy Avenue, Pashley Down Infant School, Eastbourne, BN20 8NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this unique school.”
- “The school’s values, such as respect, kindness and resilience, are known and understood by pupils exceptionally well.”
- “Pupils are inspired by thoughtful extra-curricular activities and opportunities to care for each other and their school environment.”
To improve
- “Although the school has developed an assessment system for foundation subjects, the strategies used to check how well children have learned and retained knowledge are not yet consistently and effectively utilised in all lessons across the school.”
- “This means that some pupils do not always build on their prior knowledge and achieve as well as they could.”
- “Books are generally matched to the sounds that pupils have learned, but the school is developing this further to ensure that reading books that pupils take home match those sounds precisely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 59 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.
- Motcombe Infants' 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 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stafford Junior School 1.7 mi Good
- Parkland Infant School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkland Junior School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
- St John's Meads Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bourne Primary School 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published