St Andrew's Church of England Infants School
St Andrew's Church of England Infants School is a converter academy in Eastbourne for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 215 pupils and room for 270. About 31 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
Winchelsea Road, Eastbourne, BN22 7PP01323 724749st-andrews-inf.e-sussex.sch.ukMrs Carol Meakins headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2023: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
About 30 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (52 offers for 90 places). 49 families put it down as their first choice and 50 of them got in (102%).
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Applied at all | Got a place | First choices who got in | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 90 | 49 | 112 | 52 | 102% | – all offered | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (26), emotional and mental health (12), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (8), Autistic spectrum disorder (7), Multi-sensory impairment (2), Hearing impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 215 | 250 | 245 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 31% | 36% | 34% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 18% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.8% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 2.5% | 5.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.2% | 4.3% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 2.1% | 3.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 20.0% | 15.6% | 20.0% | 17.6% | 5.3% | 13.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 3.2 | 2.9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for St Andrew's Church of England Infants School, the school this one replaced in October 2023. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tollgate Community Junior School | Academy | 750 m | 335 | Good 2023 | 46 | Compare |
| Roselands Infants' School | Academy | 800 m | 244 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| Stafford Junior School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 355 | Good 2024 | 50 | Compare |
| The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 418 | Report card 2026 | 15 | Compare |
| Bourne Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 414 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 432 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Langney Primary Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 465 | Good 2022 | 26 | Compare |
| West Rise Primary School and Nursery | Council | 1.3 miles | 607 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Andrew's Church of England Infants School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Andrew's Church of England Infants School yet.
How many pupils does St Andrew's Church of England Infants School have?
215 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 270 places, so it is 80% full.
Is St Andrew's Church of England Infants School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 30 places were empty in 2024/25 (11% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at St Andrew's Church of England Infants School?
Pupils were in school 93.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 20% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at St Andrew's Church of England Infants School?
The average class had 24.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Winchelsea Road, Eastbourne, BN22 7PP
- Telephone
- 01323 724749
- Website
- www.st-andrews-inf.e-sussex.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carol Meakins
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Chichester
- Multi-academy trust
- Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust (28 schools)
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- Devonshire
- Constituency
- Eastbourne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 October 2023 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149965 · LAESTAB 8453092 · UKPRN 10092924
- Formerly
- St Andrew's Church of England Infants School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: East Sussex council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.