Motcombe Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · East Sussex
Macmillan Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 1SN
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.7%
18.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
219
Capacity used
Has space81%
270 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
72 of 72 families who put it first got an offer
81
Places offered
237
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 72 | 72 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 100 | 7 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 65 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 237 | 80 | 34% |
1st preference success by year
East Sussex lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Tracy Robinson
- Address
- Macmillan Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 1SN
- Phone
- 01323728901
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward / constituency
- Old Town · Eastbourne
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114460
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
219 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
03 February 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 174 pupils
Attendance
93.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through East Sussex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.