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Little Common School[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 68% 68% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
68% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
11% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
107 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
105 2024/25[2]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
3 Jun 2025[3]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[3]
Report published
24 Jun 2025[3]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[3]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[3]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Applications (any preference)
153 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences
101 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Places offered
90 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 140[4] 84[4] 90[4] 1.6[4] 0.9[4]
Entry Sept 2024 129[4] 86[4] 88[4] 1.5[4] 1.0[4]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
2–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
630[1]
Trust
DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.littlecommon.e-sussex.sch.uk[1]
District
Rother[5]
Postcode
TN39 4SQ[1]
URN
149894[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
622 2024/25[6]
English as an additional language
3.2% 2024/25[6]
SEN support
8.4% 2024/25[6]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[6]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.1% 2024/25[6]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.7%[7]
Mixed
4.2%[7]
Asian
2.1%[7]
Black
0.7%[7]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[7]
Unclassified
1.8%[7]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.