Harlands Community Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Uckfield, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.41 miles
Published by East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Harlands Community Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Uckfield, East Sussex for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Harlands Community Primary & Nursery 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 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.26 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | 0.37 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.41 miles away, the 4th shortest of 27 East Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and further than in 2018.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Mallard Drive, Uckfield, TN22 5PW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 267 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Staff in early years carefully support children to settle at school.”
- “Pupils across the school are safe and happy as a result of the care provided by staff.”
- “Pupils live up to the school’s expectations of them.”
To improve
- “The school has, however, identified that over time, pupils have not achieved as well in writing as they have in other subjects.”
- “Teachers, however, do not consistently adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.”
- “This means that these pupils are sometimes moved on to work that is too complex too soon.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 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) | 76% | 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: 40 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.
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rocks Park Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Framfield Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Little Horsted Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buxted CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bonners CofE School & Nursery 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blackboys Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published