Dudley Infant Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Hastings, East Sussex·TN35 5NJ
School type
Infant school
Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Dudley Infant Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 33 places
Last place offered lived
0.94 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1507 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0220231.0020241.0020250.912026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Age range
5–7
Pupils on roll
171
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,690
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Dudley Infant Academy is a primary school serving Hastings, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 171 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Dudley Infant Academy 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Dudley Infant Academy their first choice was offered one of its 33 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.94 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.