Blackboys Church of England Primary School

About Blackboys Church of England Primary School

Blackboys Church of England Primary School is a small state primary in East Sussex that currently holds a Good rating from Ofsted, following an ungraded inspection in 2025 where standards were maintained. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard score of 86 per cent, which places it third out of 144 similar schools in the local authority and first in the Wealden district. This score is well above the East Sussex local authority average of 59 per cent, and it earned the school a national ranking in the top five per cent of all primary schools. The school’s previous graded inspection in 2019 rated it Outstanding overall, so the current Good grade reflects a slight adjustment in the inspection framework rather than a drop in performance.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 exam results, Blackboys pupils performed strongly across individual subjects. In reading, 95 per cent of pupils met the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 109, and 43 per cent reached the higher standard. Maths was similarly strong, with 95 per cent at the expected level, an average score of 109, and 48 per cent achieving the higher threshold. Writing saw 86 per cent at the expected standard and 19 per cent at the higher level. The combined expected standard figure of 86 per cent is the school’s standout headline, but the consistency across subjects is notable. The school’s ranking score of 86 puts it just behind Catsfield Church of England Primary and Ark Blacklands Primary Academy in the local authority, but ahead of most of its Wealden peers. With only 133 pupils on roll, these results reflect a small cohort, so individual pupil performance can have a bigger impact on percentages than at larger schools.

The school is oversubscribed: for 20 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 50 applications, with 32 listing it as first preference. That ratio of 2.5 applications per place tells you how popular it is locally. Facilities include a dining hall, ICT suite, gymnasium, playing fields and a chapel, and the school offers sports such as tennis, football, cricket, swimming and athletics, plus clubs including science, drama, gardening, film and choir. SEND support covers specific learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 60 families were overwhelmingly positive: 100 per cent would recommend the school, and 95 per cent strongly agreed their child is happy here. This is a school that suits families who value strong academic foundations in a small, church-affiliated setting with a clear community feel.

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