Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Winchelsea, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2017–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Winchelsea, East Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Icklesham Church of England 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 2.79 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | 4.22 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 4.48 mi |
| 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 | 5.27 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.43 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 3 of the 8 years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- The 2025 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2023, and further than in 2017.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- High Fords, Icklesham, Winchelsea, TN36 4BX
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 121 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils delight in attending this friendly school.”
- “Older pupils care for younger pupils.”
- “As one pupil said, ‘I make great friends here.”
To improve
- “While this is secure in many subjects, teachers’ subject knowledge in some subjects is less secure.”
- “This means that some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 80% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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.
- St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Brede Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ore Village Primary Academy 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Rye Community Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Peasmarsh Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Westfield School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandown Primary School and Nursery 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published