Staplecross Methodist Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Robertsbridge, East Sussex·TN32 5QD
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1928
In South East
#114
In East Sussex
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 8 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
19
any preference, for 8 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720221.0720231.0020241.0020250.882026

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

Every child who put Staplecross Methodist 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
84
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Methodist

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,968
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Staplecross Methodist Primary School at a glance

Located in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, Staplecross Methodist Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Methodist religious character. The school educates roughly 84 pupils aged 4 to 11. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 12.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Staplecross Methodist Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 8 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. Staplecross Methodist Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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