St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School | Primary in Bexhill-on-Sea, Rother | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School

Primary

Rother · Bexhill-on-Sea · TN40 1QE www.stpeterandstpaulprimary.co.uk

Pupils
420
cap. 420
Ages
5 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

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

Ofsted

Ofsted report card

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Latest inspection
11 Mar 2025
Area judgements only

Ofsted no longer gives state-funded schools a single overall grade.

Area judgements

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Early years provision
Outstanding

Other Ofsted reports

5 reports
7 Jul 2015
Full inspectionOutstanding
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15 Jan 2013
Interim assessment
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1 Jul 2010
Full inspectionGood
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

This school is in Rother. 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
80%
-12pp
LA
61%
England
63%
92%81%70%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
5%
-3pp
LA
6%
England
8%
16%11%5%
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Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
90%
Reading higher standard
33%
Writing expected standard
87%
Writing higher standard
11%
Maths expected standard
92%
Maths higher standard
25%
Science expected standard
98%
SPAG expected standard
74%
LA AVG 66%
SPAG higher standard
11%
LA AVG 20%
Reading scaled score
107.0
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
419
cap. 420
421415409
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Pupil : teacher ratio
20.9
LA AVG 20.49:1
22.821.319.8
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EAL
16%
LA AVG 7.55%
16%13%9%
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FSM eligible
19%
LA AVG 23.2%
24%21%19%
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SEN
7%
LA AVG 18.41%
7%5%3%
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Overall absence
4%
LA
6%
England
5%
6%5%3%
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Persistent absence
11%
LA
15%
England
13%
13%9%4%
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Overview

AddressBuckhurst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1QE
Telephone01424211073
Local authorityEast Sussex
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio20.9:1
Religious characterChurch of England
Finance£5644 spend / pupil£5787 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView 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
2024/2580%5%419
2023/2492%8%419
2022/2390%15%+1.40+1.40+1.10419
2018/1984%16%+0.90+0.70+2.10419
2017/1886%5%+0.60-0.70+2.00421
2016/1770%7%+1.50-0.10+2.30414
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2590%33%87%11%92%25%98%74%107.0105.0103.07%
2023/2495%37%93%20%92%18%93%83%107.0105.0105.07%
2022/2398%39%90%20%92%26%100%90%108.0106.0107.06%
2018/1992%28%92%23%95%39%93%87%106.0108.0106.05%
2017/1890%27%92%7%97%27%97%93%106.0107.0106.03%
2016/1782%27%82%13%88%28%95%72%105.0106.0104.03%

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
2024/2541920.97%16%19%4%11%
2023/2441922.47%12%22%5%10%
2022/2341922.46%10%23%5%11%
2021/2240919.86%9%24%6%13%
2020/2141922.46%11%23%
2018/1941921.55%11%21%3%4%
2017/1842122.83%11%21%4%6%
2016/1741420.83%10%21%4%5%

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