Schools in St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea has 14 schools within East Sussex County Council's admissions area, including 9 primaries and Mulberry Academy St Leonards as the secondary serving the town. St Leonards adjoins Hastings on the East Sussex coast and together they form a single densely populated urban area with high school demand.
Average fill rate is 99% - effectively at capacity across the area - and 4 schools are oversubscribed, making St Leonards one of the more competitive coastal areas for school places. Twelve of the 14 schools are academies with their own admissions criteria. All 5 schools with Ofsted ratings are Good or Outstanding, with 4 rated Good or Outstanding. Families arriving in the area should contact East Sussex admissions promptly for in-year applications, as places at popular schools can be very limited.
School demand in St Leonards-on-Sea
Across the 10 schools in St Leonards-on-Sea with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 99%. 4 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.
3 schools in St Leonards-on-Sea have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
12 of the schools in St Leonards-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 St Leonards-on-Sea have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in St Leonards-on-Sea: 3 oversubscribed (9)
Mulberry West St Leonards Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 8BX
Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN37 7LR
Churchwood Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 9PB
Robsack Wood Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 9TE
Silverdale Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Leonards-On-Sea · TN37 7EA
St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 0NX
St Paul's Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN37 6RT
Hollington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St. Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 9DS
St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN37 6EU
Secondary Schools in St Leonards-on-Sea (1)
Other Schools in St Leonards-on-Sea (4)
Claremont School
Not applicable · Other independent school
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN37 7PW
Lansdowne Children's Centre
Not applicable · Secure units
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN37 6LW
Saxon Mount School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 8HH
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
Not applicable · Academy special converter
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 9JU
Catchment area boundaries for schools in St Leonards-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.