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# Churchwood Primary School

Churchwood Primary School is a primary academy in St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom with 241 pupils, part of University of Brighton Academies Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 11 October 2022. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Teaching Assistant (closes 20 November). Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.

- **Head:** Rob Smith, Headteacher
- **Trust or group:** University of Brighton Academies Trust
- **Type:** Academy, Primary
- **Pupils:** 241 pupils · 46% girls · 41.1% eligible for free school meals · 5.0% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 74 (30.7%) on SEN support · 12 (5.0%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** East Sussex
- **Location:** St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9PB, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01424852326
- **Visa sponsorship:** Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as University of Brighton Academies Trust. — Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
- **Website:** [churchwoodprimaryacademy.org.uk](https://www.churchwoodprimaryacademy.org.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 141261 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141261))
- **Ofsted:** Good, inspected 11 October 2022

## Vacancies (1)

- [Teaching Assistant](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/0sqvyo1pa1j-teaching-assistant) · Salary £12,663 to £13,484 a year · Closes 20 Nov · Part time · Teaching support · Churchwood Primary School are currently looking for experienced teaching assistant to join their support time, this position will be term time only, 39 weeks per year (please note…

## Exam results

| Year | KS2 expected | KS2 higher |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 0% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 0% |
| 2022/23 | 34% | 0% |

Department for Education performance tables.

## Inspections

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 11 October 2022 | Graded inspection | Good |

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 11.3 | 21.3 | – | 0 | £52,196 |
| 2024/25 | 10.1 | 24.0 | 36% | 0 | £50,858 |
| 2023/24 | 12.1 | 21.6 | 37% | 0 | £47,418 |
| 2022/23 | 11.2 | 21.9 | 19% | 0 | £42,926 |
| 2021/22 | 12.0 | 21.1 | 23% | 0 | £36,423 |
| 2020/21 | 12.0 | 20.7 | 17% | 0 | £41,110 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 7.5% | 2.7% | 21.7% | 2.2% |
| 2024/25 | 7.0% | 1.8% | 25.8% | 1.1% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 2.0% | 28.1% | 0.5% |
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 1.6% | 28.1% | 1.6% |
| 2021/22 | 9.4% | 2.9% | 34.0% | 0.5% |
| 2020/21 | 4.3% | 1.0% | 11.1% | 0.0% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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