Fletching Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Uckfield, East Sussex·TN22 3SP
Composite score
23.4
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#14,194
National rank
#2097
In South East
#128
In East Sussex
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 8 places
First choices per place
0.62
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
28
any preference, for 8 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.38
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620221.0020231.0020241.0020250.622026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Fletching Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
79
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
12.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
11.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,601
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

About Fletching Church of England Primary School

Fletching Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Uckfield, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 79 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Fletching Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 8 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 11.6 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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