Harbour Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newhaven, BN9 9LX
- Distance
- 0.6km away
High Cliff Academy
Southdown Road, Newhaven, BN9 9FD
Local ranking88th of 136 primary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 76.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 162
- Boys
- 84 (55%)
- Girls
- 70 (45%)
- Capacity
- 210 (73% full)
- SEND
- 26.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.8%
- EAL
- 8.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 22.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £4,509/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.3%
- Black African: 3.7%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
83.3%
White British
3.7%
Black African
2.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Southdown Road
Newhaven, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140385
- UKPRN
- 10053865
- Establishment No.
- 2009
- Trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
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