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Pashley Down Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Beechy Avenue, Eastbourne BN20 8NX · pashley.e-sussex.sch.uk · 01323 730719
On the mapSearch near BN20 8NX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · East Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 230
- 85% of 270 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
- First language not English
- 9.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: East Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 69 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 69 | 59 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 66 | 55 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 79 | 76 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 75 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Pashley Down Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 12 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (156 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 156
- 63% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (19%) with SEND