# Education in Wealden

The south east of the South East. 168,308 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 835 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Wealden, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

In: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)

## Number of schools

Wealden: **73** (2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. Published 15 October 2026.

Wealden had 73 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-schools?place=E07000065) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/education#l-schools-count

## Schools

Exact point level, Great Britain only. Source: Department for Education and Ofsted and Department for Education and Welsh Government and Scottish Government and Ordnance Survey.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Wealden. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?place=E07000065) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/education#l-schools

## Schools in Wealden

Wealden has 73 open schools: 51 primary, 5 secondary, 1 all-through, 7 special, 8 independent and 1 pupil referral and alternative provision.

| Latest Ofsted grade | Schools |
| --- | --- |
| Outstanding | 3 |
| Good | 14 |
| Requires improvement | 0 |
| Inadequate | 3 |

20 of the 60 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between September 2019 and June 2024.
6 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.
11 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.
Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

### Primary (51) (51)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted | Results (KS2 2024/25) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alfriston School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alfriston-school-e114385) | Community school | 5 to 11 | 85 | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 54% met KS2 standard |
| [All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-and-st-richards-church-of-england-primary-school-e114554) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 86 | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 58% met KS2 standard |
| [Ashdown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashdown-primary-school-e114392) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 407 | School remains Good, November 2023 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Blackboys Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackboys-church-of-england-primary-school-e114547) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 139 | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 82% met KS2 standard |
| [Bonners CofE School & Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bonners-cofe-school-and-nursery-e114511) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 145 | School remains Good, April 2024 | 76% met KS2 standard |
| [Buxted CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/buxted-cofe-primary-school-e114493) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 192 | School remains Good, February 2023 | 41% met KS2 standard |
| [Chiddingly Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chiddingly-primary-school-e114391) | Community school | 5 to 11 | 103 | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 64% met KS2 standard |
| [Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cross-in-hand-church-of-england-primary-school-e114496) | Voluntary controlled school | 5 to 11 | 379 | Good (overall), April 2022 | 70% met KS2 standard |
| [Danehill Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/danehill-church-of-england-primary-school-e114499) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 64 | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, June 2024 | 55% met KS2 standard |
| [East Hoathly CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/east-hoathly-cofe-primary-school-e114501) | Voluntary controlled school | 3 to 11 | 73 | School remains Good, June 2024 | 50% met KS2 standard |
| [Five Ashes CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/five-ashes-cofe-primary-school-e114526) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 53 | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 82% met KS2 standard |
| [Fletching Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fletching-church-of-england-primary-school-e114503) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 64 | Good (overall), July 2022 | 36% met KS2 standard |
| [Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forest-row-church-of-england-primary-school-and-nursery-e114504) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 199 | Good (overall), March 2024 | 50% met KS2 standard |
| [Framfield Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/framfield-church-of-england-primary-school-e114550) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 85 | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 64% met KS2 standard |
| [Frant Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/frant-church-of-england-primary-school-e114505) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 96 | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 50% met KS2 standard |
| [Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/groombridge-st-thomas-church-of-england-primary-school-e114559) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 117 | Good (overall), April 2023 | 74% met KS2 standard |
| [Grovelands Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grovelands-community-primary-school-e151810) | Academy converter | 2 to 11 | 694 | Standards maintained, June 2025 | – |
| [Hankham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hankham-primary-school-e114395) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 107 | Good (overall), April 2023 | 52% met KS2 standard |
| [Harlands Community Primary & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harlands-community-primary-and-nursery-school-e130954) | Community school | 2 to 11 | 267 | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 76% met KS2 standard |
| [Hawkes Farm Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hawkes-farm-academy-e143119) | Academy sponsor led | 4 to 11 | 328 | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 74% met KS2 standard |
| [Hellingly Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hellingly-community-primary-school-e151811) | Academy converter | 4 to 11 | 195 | School remains Good, June 2021 | – |
| [Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/herstmonceux-church-of-england-primary-school-e114506) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 203 | School remains Good, September 2022 | 50% met KS2 standard |
| [High Hurstwood Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-hurstwood-church-of-england-primary-school-e114507) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 101 | Good (overall), April 2024 | 80% met KS2 standard |
| [Jarvis Brook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jarvis-brook-primary-school-e144302) | Academy converter | 2 to 11 | 96 | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 67% met KS2 standard |
| [Laughton Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/laughton-community-primary-school-e114404) | Community school | 5 to 11 | 69 | Good (overall), March 2024 | 40% met KS2 standard |
| [Little Horsted Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/little-horsted-church-of-england-primary-school-e114557) | Voluntary aided school | 3 to 11 | 86 | School remains Good, January 2023 | 35% met KS2 standard |
| [Manor Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manor-primary-school-e114437) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 399 | School remains Good, July 2023 | 63% met KS2 standard |
| [Mark Cross Church of England Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mark-cross-church-of-england-aided-primary-school-e114558) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 91 | School remains Good, April 2024 | 73% met KS2 standard |
| [Mayfield Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mayfield-church-of-england-primary-school-e114512) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 133 | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Maynards Green Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maynards-green-community-primary-school-e114407) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 205 | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 68% met KS2 standard |
| [Ninfield Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ninfield-church-of-england-primary-school-e149576) | Academy sponsor led | 4 to 11 | 129 | Inadequate (overall), June 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses | 64% met KS2 standard |
| [Nutley Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nutley-church-of-england-primary-school-e114517) | Voluntary controlled school | 5 to 11 | 60 | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 54% met KS2 standard |
| [Park Mead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-mead-primary-school-e114408) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 90 | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 71% met KS2 standard |
| [Parkside Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkside-community-primary-school-e114482) | Community school | 2 to 11 | 225 | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 72% met KS2 standard |
| [Pevensey and Westham CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pevensey-and-westham-cofe-primary-school-e114519) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 415 | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 76% met KS2 standard |
| [Polegate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/polegate-primary-school-e114435) | Community school | 2 to 11 | 689 | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 66% met KS2 standard |
| [Punnetts Town Community Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/punnetts-town-community-primary-school-and-nursery-e114414) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 121 | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 71% met KS2 standard |
| [Rocks Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rocks-park-primary-school-e114471) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 207 | School remains Good, September 2023 | 71% met KS2 standard |
| [Rotherfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rotherfield-primary-school-e114416) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 209 | School remains Good, January 2023 | 55% met KS2 standard |
| [Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-henry-fermor-church-of-england-primary-school-e142611) | Academy sponsor led | 4 to 11 | 403 | School remains Good, April 2024 | 40% met KS2 standard |
| [St John's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-e114549) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 210 | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 66% met KS2 standard |
| [St Mark's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marks-church-of-england-primary-school-e114552) | Voluntary aided school | 5 to 11 | 58 | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 69% met KS2 standard |
| [St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-the-virgin-church-of-england-primary-school-e114553) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 81 | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 50% met KS2 standard |
| [St Marys Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e114566) | Voluntary aided school | 4 to 11 | 214 | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 47% met KS2 standard |
| [St Michael's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-primary-school-e114423) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 74 | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 71% met KS2 standard |
| [St Philip's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-philips-catholic-primary-school-e114569) | Voluntary aided school | 3 to 11 | 213 | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 61% met KS2 standard |
| [Stone Cross School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stone-cross-school-e114484) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 419 | School remains Good, December 2023 | 53% met KS2 standard |
| [Thornton Grove Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornton-grove-academy-e152103) | Academy sponsor led | 3 to 11 | 253 | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Wadhurst CofE Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wadhurst-cofe-primary-school-and-nursery-e114532) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 269 | School remains Good, January 2024 | 66% met KS2 standard |
| [White House Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/white-house-academy-e145015) | Academy sponsor led | 4 to 11 | 190 | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 68% met KS2 standard |
| [Willingdon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willingdon-primary-school-e114422) | Community school | 4 to 11 | 421 | Good (overall), June 2024 | 63% met KS2 standard |

### Secondary (5) (5)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted | Results (KS4 2025/26) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Beacon Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beacon-academy-e137982) | Academy converter | 11 to 18 | 1,642 | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | Attainment 8: 49.4 |
| [Heathfield Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heathfield-community-college-e114587) | Community school | 11 to 18 | 1,416 | Good (overall), May 2023 | Attainment 8: 50.0 |
| [Uckfield College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uckfield-college-e114590) | Community school | 11 to 18 | 1,671 | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | Attainment 8: 47.7 |
| [Uplands Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uplands-academy-e148945) | Academy converter | 11 to 16 | 699 | Standards maintained, January 2025 | Attainment 8: 46.4 |
| [Willingdon Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willingdon-community-school-e114592) | Community school | 11 to 16 | 1,117 | School remains Good, June 2023 | Attainment 8: 45.2 |

### All-through (1) (1)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted | Results (KS4 2025/26) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hailsham Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hailsham-academy-e152097) | Academy converter | 2 to 16 | 1,577 | Inadequate (overall), March 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses | Attainment 8: 35.4 |

### Special (7) (7)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Acre Wood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acre-wood-academy-e151783) | Academy special sponsor led | 4 to 19 | 144 | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed, special measures |
| [Ashdown Garden School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashdown-garden-school-e152731) | Other independent special school | 7 to 16 | – | No outcome in Ofsted's file |
| [Headstart](https://openindex.co.uk/school/headstart-e134148) | Other independent special school | 5 to 21 | 50 | No outcome in Ofsted's file |
| [St Mary's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-school-e142163) | Academy special converter | 9 to 16 | 78 | School remains Good, September 2023 |
| [Step by Step School Limited](https://openindex.co.uk/school/step-by-step-school-limited-e134634) | Other independent special school | 4 to 19 | 36 | No outcome in Ofsted's file |
| [The Mount Camphill Community Ltd](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-mount-camphill-community-ltd-e131923) | Special post 16 institution | 16 to 25 | – | No outcome in Ofsted's file |
| [The Ropemakers' Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ropemakers-academy-e148035) | Free schools special | 4 to 16 | 115 | Good (overall), June 2023 |

### Independent (8) (8)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Annan School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/annan-school-e136162) | Other independent school | 2 to 11 | 103 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Bede's Senior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedes-senior-school-e114657) | Other independent school | 13 to 19 | 763 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Cumnor House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cumnor-house-school-e114623) | Other independent school | 2 to 14 | 423 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Greenfields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenfields-school-e114659) | Other independent school | 2 to 19 | 93 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Mayfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mayfield-school-e114627) | Other independent school | 11 to 18 | 349 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Michael Hall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/michael-hall-school-e114625) | Other independent school | 2 to 19 | 384 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Sacred Heart School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-school-e114636) | Other independent school | 2 to 11 | 138 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |
| [Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/skippers-hill-manor-preparatory-school-e114633) | Other independent school | 2 to 13 | 205 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |

### Pupil referral and alternative provision (1) (1)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Sussex Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/east-sussex-academy-e152095) | Academy alternative provision converter | 4 to 16 | 120 | Inadequate (overall), February 2024, before the school changed, special measures |

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/deprivation) (8)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/health) (4)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/environment) (9)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/connectivity) (5)
- [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/planning) (3)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/council-tax) (10)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/sources) (28)

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