Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 81% 81% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 81% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 19% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 110 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 109 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	79%[3]	4%[3]	107[3]	106[3]
2022/23	73%[4]	20%[4]	107[4]	105[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 11 Mar 2025[5]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
Report published: 29 Apr 2025[5]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[5]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.8 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 80 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 30 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 29 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	88[6]	34[6]	30[6]	2.9[6]	1.1[6]
Entry Sept 2024	59[6]	27[6]	27[6]	2.2[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2023	72[6]	25[6]	25[6]	2.9[6]	1.0[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 2–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 161[1]
Trust: HURST EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority: East Sussex[1]
Website: ditchlingprimary.co.uk [1]
District: Lewes [7]
Postcode: BN6 8TU[1]
URN: 148917[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 224 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 3.1% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 12.5% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 0.5% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 5.1% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 90.5%[9]
Mixed: 9.5%[9]
Asian: 0%[9]
Black: 0%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[9]
Unclassified: 0%[9]

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

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.