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Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 73% 73% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
73% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
11% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 78%[4] 11%[4] 108[4] 107[4]
2022/23 75%[5] 8%[5] 109[5] 106[5]
2018/19 81%[6] 16%[6] 106[6] 107[6]
2017/18 79%[7] 8%[7] 106[7] 106[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Oct 2023[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
23 Nov 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Jul 2022[9] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
9 May 2017[10] Academy First Section 5[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
172 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
95 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
60 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 169[11] 84[11] 60[11] 2.8[11] 1.4[11]
Entry Sept 2024 146[11] 78[11] 60[11] 2.4[11] 1.3[11]
Entry Sept 2023 116[11] 50[11] 60[11] 1.9[11] 0.8[11]
Entry Sept 2022 132[11] 63[11] 60[11] 2.2[11] 1.1[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
420[1]
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
www.arklittleridgeprimary.org[1]
District
Hastings[12]
Postcode
TN37 7LR[1]
URN
141022[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
436 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
9.9% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
5.1% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23.6% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
84.1%[14]
Mixed
5.5%[14]
Asian
6.2%[14]
Black
0.9%[14]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[14]
Unclassified
0.9%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.