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King Offa Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Down Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4HS · kingoffaprimaryacademy.org · 01424 211548
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. East Sussex 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · East Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 402
- 96% of 420 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- 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, 27 families put the school first and 49 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 | 49 | 27 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 32 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across East Sussex it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
King Offa Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 66
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (35%) with SEND