Grovelands Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Hailsham, 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.
Grovelands Community Primary School is a primary school in Hailsham, East Sussex for ages 2–11 (academy converter). East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Grovelands Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Reception 2026 drew 105 first-choice applications for 90 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 16th highest of 134 East Sussex primary schools.
- 87 of the 2026 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place; 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- With 694 pupils on roll in January 2026, 23.2% are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 17.8% 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
- Dunbar Drive, Hailsham, BN27 3UW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 694 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 105 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 87 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.
- Hawkes Farm Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- White House Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thornton Grove Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hellingly Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park Mead Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Polegate Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chiddingly Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published