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Five Ashes CofE Primary School

URN
114526
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Five Ashes CofE Primary School
URN
114526
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

96 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

88

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 5% of primary schools in England

Top 5% nationally

#1 of 103 schools in East Sussex

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Strongly Recommended

This school combines strong academic outcomes with a positive inspection profile.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Reach choice
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: Moderate confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Five Ashes CofE Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
17 March 2025
Inspection date
4 February 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 17 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 17 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

6

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

13

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

6

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.17×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
East Sussex
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (East Sussex)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.fiveashes.e-sussex.sch.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

100.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

82.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

91.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

82.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

TN20 6HY - Five Ashes, Mayfield, East Sussex

Contact details

Address
Five Ashes, Mayfield, East Sussex
Postcode
TN20 6HY
Phone
1825830395
Website
http://www.fiveashes.e-sussex.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
East Sussex
Local authority code
845

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 436 schools in East Sussex.

Authority statistics

Total schools

436

Open schools

220

Closed schools

216

Primary schools

231

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 17 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 17 March 2025

  • Early years

    Requires improvement

    Graded 17 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    17 March 20254 February 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 17 March 2025
    25 May 202010 March 2020-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 25 May 2020
    • Inspection

      Published
      17 March 2025
      Inspected
      4 February 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      25 May 2020
      Inspected
      10 March 2020
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    46.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 5

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    54

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary231 (53.0%)
    • Secondary54 (12.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other151 (34.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School571 mNot applicableOpen
    St Mark's Church of England Primary School2.9 kmPrimaryOpen
    Virtue Therapeutic School Sussex VTSS3.2 kmNot applicableClosed
    Mayfield School3.6 kmNot applicableOpen
    Mayfield Church of England Primary School3.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School4.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Jarvis Brook Primary School5.0 kmPrimaryClosed
    Jarvis Brook Primary School5.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Rotherfield Primary School5.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Walsh Manor School5.2 kmNot applicableClosed
    • Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School
      Distance
      571 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • St Mark's Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      2.9 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Virtue Therapeutic School Sussex VTSS
      Distance
      3.2 km
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Mayfield School
      Distance
      3.6 km
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (East Sussex)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alfriston SchoolPrimaryBN26 5XBOpen
    All Saints Church of England Primary School, BexhillPrimaryTN39 5HAOpen
    All Saints CofE Junior AcademyPrimaryTN35 5JUOpen
    All Saints CofE Junior SchoolPrimaryTN35 5JUClosed
    All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryTN21 9AEOpen
    • Alfriston School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BN26 5XB
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      TN39 5HA
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints CofE Junior Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      TN35 5JU
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints CofE Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      TN35 5JU
      Status
      Closed
    Mayfield Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    3.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    4.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Jarvis Brook Primary School
    Distance
    5.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Jarvis Brook Primary School
    Distance
    5.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Rotherfield Primary School
    Distance
    5.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Walsh Manor School
    Distance
    5.2 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    TN21 9AE
    Status
    Open