Roselands Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter · 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, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Roselands Infants' School is a primary school in Eastbourne, East Sussex for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Roselands 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | 0.83 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.07 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.49 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 74 first-choice applications for 78 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reception places ran out in 5 of the 9 earlier years, with the sharpest swing between 2019 and 2020; every applicant was offered a place in 2026.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 18% of pupils, against a middle figure of 31.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in East Sussex.
- There are 18.1 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 20.9 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
- Woodgate Road, Eastbourne, BN22 8PD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They attend regularly and talk excitedly about their learning to visitors.”
- “There are positive relationships between pupils and staff that are visible throughout the school.”
To improve
- “In some subject areas, however, teachers do not always check what pupils’ starting points are and what they already know.”
- “Some activities that teachers plan, do not always enable pupils to progress with their learning quickly enough.”
- “This also makes it difficult for teachers to identify precisely what pupils know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 74 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 74 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.
- Stafford Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- St Andrew's Church of England Infants School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bourne Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tollgate Community Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heron Park Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Motcombe Infants' School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published