St Paul's Church of England Academy | Primary in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

St Paul's Church of England Academy

Primary

Hastings · St Leonards-on-Sea · TN37 6RT www.stpaulsceacademy.org

Pupils
634
cap. 664
Ages
2 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted report

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Latest Ofsted report
11 Jun 2024
School inspection

Other Ofsted reports

2 reports
9 Jan 2019
Full inspectionGood
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4 Aug 2016
Academy conversion letter
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

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This school is in Hastings. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

RWM expected
72%
+7pp
LA
61%
England
63%
83%71%59%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
10%
+3pp
LA
6%
England
8%
14%10%6%
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Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
84%
Reading higher standard
36%
Writing expected standard
79%
Writing higher standard
17%
Maths expected standard
80%
Maths higher standard
30%
Science expected standard
90%
SPAG expected standard
68%
LA AVG 66%
SPAG higher standard
17%
LA AVG 20%
Reading scaled score
106.0
LA AVG 105.45
Maths scaled score
105.0
LA AVG 103.78
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
661
cap. 664
666655644
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Pupil : teacher ratio
21.8
LA AVG 20.49:1
29.224.920.7
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EAL
17%
LA AVG 7.55%
17%15%13%
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FSM eligible
38%
LA AVG 23.2%
41%38%36%
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SEN
19%
LA AVG 18.41%
19%15%10%
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Overall absence
6%
LA
6%
England
5%
8%6%5%
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Persistent absence
17%
LA
15%
England
13%
26%19%11%
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Overview

AddressHorntye Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6RT
Telephone01424424530
Local authorityEast Sussex
PhasePrimary
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio21.8:1
Religious characterChurch of England
Finance£6411 spend / pupil£6629 income / pupil2024-25 · AARView on FBIT

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 prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.Cohort
2024/2572%10%661
2023/2465%7%655
2022/2359%6%-1.10+0.70-0.10654
2018/1983%14%+1.20+0.50+2.20670
2017/1880%6%+3.00+1.60+2.80672
2016/1768%6%+0.90-1.10+2.00681
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2584%36%79%17%80%30%90%68%106.0105.0103.019%
2023/2475%31%82%10%76%22%82%61%105.0103.0101.019%
2022/2368%20%73%9%76%17%82%58%103.0103.0100.018%
2018/1987%33%87%23%92%44%87%79%107.0108.0106.010%
2017/1887%24%84%14%88%24%88%79%106.0106.0104.0
2016/1779%26%76%7%82%32%82%77%104.0106.0104.08%

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.

Became an academy 1 Aug 2016 (was URN 114533)

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2566121.819%17%38%6%17%
2023/2465520.719%16%40%6%18%
2022/2365420.918%14%38%8%26%
2021/2264424.412%13%41%6%21%
2020/2166629.210%14%36%
2018/1967028.310%11%33%4%11%
2017/1826.55%12%
2016/1768126.58%10%33%5%14%

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