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Parkland Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Brassey Avenue, Eastbourne BN22 9QJ · theparklandfederation.org · 01323 502620
On the mapSearch near BN22 9QJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · East Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 178
- 99% of 180 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Free school meals
- 27%
- First language not English
- 9%
- 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, 52 families put the school first and 53 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 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 97% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Parkland Infant School on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 34
- 21% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied