Churchwood Primary Academy

Churchwood Primary Academy at a glance

Located in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, Churchwood Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 242 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 46% 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. 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 102 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Churchwood Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 24.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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.