St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2021 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
St Mary Magdalene Catholic 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer and the 25th highest of 134 East Sussex primary schools.
- In 2026, 29 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place; 1 went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.8% 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
- Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2ND
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school ethos of ‘Let your light shine’.”
- “They show this through their confident and articulate discussions of the subjects they learn.”
- “Pupils have very positive attitudes to learning.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the tasks that some teachers select are not always well designed enough to meet the needs of pupils.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, pupils do not learn the curriculum as deeply as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 64% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Pebsham Primary Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chantry Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Offa Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Glenleigh Park Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Mulberry West St Leonards Primary 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Robsack Wood Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published