Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Crowborough, East Sussex·TN6 2SD
Composite score
33.0
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#12,808
National rank
#1916
In South East
#113
In East Sussex
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
40%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
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
91%
56 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
132
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.9320230.9320240.9720250.932026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School yet. East Sussex does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
383
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,984
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Crowborough, East Sussex, Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 383 pupils aged 4 to 11. 40% 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 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 91% of the families who made Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Sir Henry Fermor Church of England 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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