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EnglandSouth EastLewesBN9 9LXHarbour Primary and Nursery School
Primary

Harbour Primary and Nursery School

Primary

Lewes · Newhaven · BN9 9LX http://www.harbourprimary.co.uk

Pupils
460
cap. 480
Ages
2 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
74%
RWM expected · 2024/25
12%
RWM higher · 2024/25
460
Pupils · 2024/25
8%
EAL · 2024/25
16%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
74%
RWM expected · 2024/25
12%
RWM higher · 2024/25
460
Pupils · 2024/25
8%
EAL · 2024/25
16%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 06/11/2019

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityEast Sussex
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio24.6:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterDoes not apply
StatusOpen

Overview of Harbour Primary and Nursery School · Primary · East Sussex

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard
74%
+6pp
74%61%48%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 74%
RWM higher standard
12%
+7pp
12%8%4%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 12%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
81%
Reading higher standard
47%
Writing expected standard
76%
Writing higher standard
22%
Maths expected standard
79%
Maths higher standard
31%
Science expected standard
81%
SPAG expected standard
76%
SPAG higher standard
38%
Reading scaled score
108.0
Maths scaled score
108.0
GPS scaled score
107.0

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
460
Pupil : teacher ratio
24.6
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
8%
FSM eligible
40%
SEN
25%
Overall absence
7%
Persistent absence
16%

Contact

Address
Church Hill, Newhaven, BN9 9LX
Local authority
East Sussex
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

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

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2574%12%81%47%76%22%79%31%81%76%108.0108.0107.025%460
2023/2468%5%84%21%79%23%81%9%86%63%106.0103.0102.022%467
2022/2371%8%80%41%75%22%85%17%83%76%107.0105.0105.0-0.20-0.10-0.8021%481
2018/1960%4%72%33%78%16%73%10%82%74%105.0103.0104.0+1.50+0.50-1.6022%520
2017/1848%6%65%11%76%16%58%8%77%65%102.0101.0102.0-1.20+1.30-2.1020%519
2016/1768%2%73%25%77%10%73%10%87%77%103.0102.0105.0+1.00-0.80-0.1019%512

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.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2546022.325%8%40%7%16%
2023/2446721.222%9%39%8%25%
2022/2348120.621%8%43%6%20%
2021/2249825.923%9%39%7%26%
2020/2149425.223%8%33%
2018/1952026.022%8%30%4%12%
2017/1851925.920%8%31%5%9%
2016/1751223.419%7%29%4%10%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.