St Andrew's Church of England Infants School
About St Andrew's Church of England Infants School
St Andrew's Church of England Infants School sits within East Sussex, a local authority that contains 144 primary schools, ten of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself is rated Good, placing it in the solid middle tier of provision across the county. Among its Church of England peers in the area, the top performers include St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School, Catsfield Church of England Primary School, and Blackboys Church of England Primary School, each scoring highly on a local ranking measure. St Andrew's is a state-funded, mixed-gender infant school in Eastbourne, catering for children aged four to seven, with a capacity of 270 pupils and a current roll of 250. Its headteacher is Carol Meakins. The school is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 143 applications for 64 places, with all 64 first-preference applicants offered a spot, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2. 23. That level of demand suggests strong local confidence in what the school offers.
Key Details
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
18 Sept 2018Latest monitoring visit (18 Sept 2018): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 29 Jan 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:55 – 15:00
Breakfast club
07:30-08:30
After-school care
15:00-17:00
Source: st-andrews-inf.e-sussex.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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