Willingdon Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN20 9RJ
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Polegate Primary School
Oakleaf Drive, East Sussex, Polegate, BN26 6PT
Local ranking59th of 136 primary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 15 January 2020.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 66.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 90
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 692
- Boys
- 356 (52%)
- Girls
- 333 (48%)
- Capacity
- 630 (109% full)
- SEND
- 21.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,224/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 2.8%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
85.5%
White British
2.8%
Gypsy/Roma
2.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Oakleaf Drive
Polegate, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114435
- UKPRN
- 10073239
- Establishment No.
- 2105
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