Mulberry Silverdale Primary

Academy converter·Primary school St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex·TN37 7EA
Composite score
41.3
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National rank
#1564
In South East
#97
In East Sussex
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
73 first choices, 86 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
167
any preference, for 86 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1520220.9720230.9520240.9120250.852026

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

Every child who put Mulberry Silverdale Primary 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
622
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,828
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Mulberry Silverdale Primary

Mulberry Silverdale Primary is a primary school in St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 622 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Mulberry Silverdale Primary their first choice was offered one of its 86 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. Mulberry Silverdale Primary 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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