Peacehaven Heights Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Peacehaven, 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.
Peacehaven Heights Academy is a primary school in Peacehaven, East Sussex for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Peacehaven Heights Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 0.75 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.91 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 84 of the 138 other East Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places had run out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 9 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026, 49 first-choice applications for 58 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Hoddern Avenue, Peacehaven, BN10 7QY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 339 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils have experienced a significant improvement in their education over the past two years.”
- “Staff hold consistently high expectations for every pupil.”
- “Pupils are keen to live up to the school’s values, for instance by showing commitment to their learning.”
To improve
- “There are a few areas of the curriculum in which teachers do not have the same depth of subject knowledge.”
- “In these instances, their introduction of new learning is not as clear as in other subjects.”
- “This leads to some pupils not gaining as much understanding from the lessons as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 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) | 79% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 49 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.
- Telscombe Cliffs Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Breakwater Academy 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- High Cliff Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harbour Primary and Nursery School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Denton Community Primary School and Nursery 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Seaford Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published