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Schools in Bexhill-on-Sea

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Bexhill-on-Sea has 13 schools including 8 primaries and 2 secondaries, all within East Sussex County Council's co-ordinated admissions area. The aggregate fill rate across the 11 schools with published roll data is 100 per cent — meaning the area is effectively at capacity, and oversubscription applies at two schools.

Eight of Bexhill's 13 schools operate as academies, giving them independent admissions arrangements outside the LA process. Five carry faith designations including Roman Catholic, Church of England, and inter-denominational. All five of the recently inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, making the area one of the better-performing in East Sussex by Ofsted grade.

School demand in Bexhill-on-Sea

Across the 11 schools in Bexhill-on-Sea with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 100%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

5 schools in Bexhill-on-Sea have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

8 of the schools in Bexhill-on-Sea are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of East Sussex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

5 of the schools in Bexhill-on-Sea have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Bexhill-on-Sea: 1 oversubscribed (8)

Secondary Schools in Bexhill-on-Sea (2)

Other Schools in Bexhill-on-Sea (3)

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bexhill-on-Sea are set by East Sussex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.

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