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Schools in Eastbourne

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

Eastbourne has 35 schools including 19 primaries and 5 secondaries, administered by East Sussex County Council. The town has a high proportion of academies (22 out of 35) which each set their own admissions policies independently of the local authority.

For primary places in Eastbourne, the main oversubscription tiebreaker at community schools is straight-line distance after special-needs and looked-after children have been allocated. Secondary applicants should note that all five main secondaries are academies or academy trusts, so parents need to read each school's prospectus individually to understand catchment or feeder-school criteria.

School demand in Eastbourne

Across the 32 schools in Eastbourne with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 91%. 9 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.

6 schools in Eastbourne have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

22 of the schools in Eastbourne 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.

13 of the schools in Eastbourne have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Eastbourne: 3 oversubscribed (19)

Willingdon Primary School

Primary · Community school

Eastbourne · BN20 9RJ

Ages 5-11 418 pupils Capacity 420

Motcombe Infants' School

Primary · Community school

Eastbourne · BN21 1SN

Ages 5-7 227 pupils Capacity 270

Pashley Down Infant School

Primary · Community school

Eastbourne · BN20 8NX

Ages 4-7 236 pupils Capacity 270

West Rise Primary School

Primary · Community school

Eastbourne · BN23 7SL

Ages 4-11 265 pupils Capacity 630

Bourne Primary School

Primary · Community school

Eastbourne · BN22 8BD

Ages 3-11 446 pupils Capacity 450

Heron Park Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led

Eastbourne · BN22 9EE

Ages 4-11 348 pupils Capacity 420

Oakwood Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led

Eastbourne · BN22 0SS

Ages 3-11 304 pupils Capacity 420

Parkland Infant School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN22 9QJ

Ages 5-7 179 pupils Capacity 180

Parkland Junior School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN22 9QJ

Ages 7-11 243 pupils Capacity 240

Shinewater Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN23 8ED

Ages 3-11 419 pupils Capacity 450

Ocklynge Junior School

Primary · Academy sponsor led

Eastbourne · BN20 8XN

Ages 7-11 741 pupils Capacity 840

Langney Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN23 7EA

Ages 2-11 468 pupils Capacity 420

St John's Meads Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN20 7XS

Ages 4-11 182 pupils Capacity 218

Roselands Infants' School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN22 8PD

Ages 4-7 265 pupils Capacity 270

Stafford Junior School

Primary · Academy sponsor led

Eastbourne · BN22 8UA

Ages 7-11 364 pupils Capacity 360

The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN23 5SW

Ages 4-11 422 pupils Capacity 438

Tollgate Community Junior School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN23 6NL

Ages 7-11 361 pupils Capacity 420

St Andrew's Church of England Infants School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN22 7PP

Ages 4-7 250 pupils Capacity 270

St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Eastbourne · BN22 8XT

Ages 4-11 Capacity 444

Secondary Schools in Eastbourne (5)

Other Schools in Eastbourne (11)

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Eastbourne 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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