Hellingly Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Hailsham, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Hellingly Community Primary School is a primary school in Hailsham, East Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hellingly 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 | 1.14 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.42 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 4.55 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.45 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 1.00 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.21 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 1.02 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2022 to 2023; the 2025 figure was nearer the school than in 2024 but further than in 2017.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 9 years with a published outcome, from 2017 to 2025.
- 14.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 23.2% 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
- North Street, Hellingly, Hailsham, BN27 4DS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grovelands Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- White House Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thornton Grove Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park Mead Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chiddingly Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maynards Green Community Primary School 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published