Ark Castledown Primary Academy | School performance

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

396

Pupils · 2024/25

25%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

396

Pupils · 2024/25

25%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

396

Pupils · 2024/25

25%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 23/11/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEast Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio26.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Ark Castledown Primary Academy · Primary · East Sussex

Part ofARK SCHOOLS

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

78%

+3pp

78%76%73%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 78%

RWM higher standard

+1pp

8%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

80%

Reading higher standard

29%

Writing expected standard

84%

Writing higher standard

16%

Maths expected standard

82%

Maths higher standard

22%

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

71%

SPAG higher standard

20%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

396

Pupil : teacher ratio

26.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

25%

FSM eligible

58%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

19%

Contact

Address

Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3QT

Local authority

East Sussex

Website

http://www.arkcastledown.org

Telephone

01424444046

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	78%	8%	80%	29%	84%	16%	82%	22%	88%	71%	104.0	104.0	103.0	—	—	—	24%	396
2023/24	75%	7%	80%	29%	88%	11%	82%	21%	88%	57%	106.0	105.0	102.0	—	—	—	22%	415
2022/23	75%	4%	76%	24%	82%	4%	78%	20%	75%	64%	105.0	103.0	101.0	-2.20	-1.80	-2.50	25%	387
2018/19	73%	5%	75%	20%	88%	8%	85%	15%	88%	61%	103.0	104.0	101.0	+0.90	+1.80	+1.60	8%	393
2017/18	73%	0%	84%	27%	86%	0%	80%	18%	86%	68%	105.0	104.0	102.0	+2.40	+0.60	+2.70	—	426
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	396	21.5	24%	25%	58%	6%	19%
2023/24	415	22.2	22%	21%	57%	7%	19%
2022/23	387	20.7	25%	16%	58%	6%	16%
2021/22	363	18.9	24%	14%	61%	6%	17%
2020/21	366	19.0	12%	15%	56%	—	—
2018/19	393	20.9	8%	11%	53%	6%	16%
2017/18	—	28.4	—	—	—	7%	24%