Motcombe Infants' School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Eastbourne · BN21 1SN · East Sussex
Ages 5–7
- Absence6.3%
- FSM21.0%
1.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 147712
St John's Meads Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Eastbourne · BN20 7XS
Ages 4–11 · 162 pupils · East Sussex
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
66%
Overall absence
5.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-03-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)66%
Higher standard (RWM)9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.3%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 188
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill74%
162 pupils · 218 places
- Pupils on roll
- 162
- Boys / girls
- 77 / 85
- School capacity
- 218
- Capacity fill
- 162 / 218 (74%)
- Free school meals
- 13.6%
- FSM pupils
- 22
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Beruk Berhane
Location
- Address
- Rowsley Road
- Postcode
- BN20 7XS
- Town
- Eastbourne
- County
- East Sussex
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- District
- Eastbourne
- Constituency
- Eastbourne
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Eastbourne, East Sussex, 162 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 13.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chichester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Pashley Down Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Eastbourne · BN20 8NX · East Sussex
Ages 4–7
- Absence5.0%
- FSM12.2%
1.7 miles away
Bourne Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementCommunity school · Primary
Eastbourne · BN22 8BD · East Sussex
Ages 3–11
- KS241%
- Absence8.1%
- FSM37.4%
1.9 miles away
St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Eastbourne · BN22 8XT · East Sussex
Ages 4–11
- FSM9.5%
1.9 miles away
Ocklynge Junior School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Eastbourne · BN20 8XN · East Sussex
Ages 7–11
- KS244%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM28.3%
2.3 miles away
Stafford Junior School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Eastbourne · BN22 8UA · East Sussex
Ages 7–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM28.7%
2.3 miles away
Roselands Infants' School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Eastbourne · BN22 8PD · East Sussex
Ages 4–7
- Absence5.8%
- FSM18.0%
2.3 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Eastbourne · BN22 7PP · East Sussex
Ages 4–7
- Absence6.2%
- FSM31.2%
2.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Beruk Berhane
- Telephone
- 01323730255