St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · East Grinstead, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead is a primary school in East Grinstead, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- No Reception 2026 last distance was published. Across the Reception years with a published outcome (2018, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), it swung sharply between some years, most between 2023 and 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 19.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex; 4.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against 8.8%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 24 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 West Sussex.
- Halsford Park Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blackwell Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Estcots Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crawley Down Village CofE School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashurst Wood Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published