Academy sponsor led · Primary
Bexhill-on-Sea · TN40 2PU · East Sussex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 114565
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Bexhill-on-Sea · TN40 2ND
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
208
Local authority
East Sussex
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 208 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 10.1%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 114565
Location
- Address
- Hastings Road
- Postcode
- TN40 2ND
- Town
- Bexhill-on-Sea
- County
- East Sussex
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- District
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- Boys / girls
- 95 / 113
- School capacity
- 211
- Capacity fill
- 208 / 211 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 10.1%
- FSM pupils
- 21
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Damien McKeever
- Telephone
- 01424735810
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-01-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 69%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0