Primary school in Hailsham, East Sussex
Grovelands Community Primary School
Dunbar Drive, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3UW
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 4 June 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 694
- Places
- 630
- How full
- Full — 694 pupils against 630 places
- Girls / boys
- 331 / 363
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wealden 016B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 27%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 80%
- Households in social housing
- 4%
- Households with no car
- 7%
- Adults economically inactive
- 37%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- WANDLE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jon Goulding
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- Hailsham West
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- URN
- 151810
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkes Farm AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 74% | 0.6 mi |
| White House AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 68% | 0.7 mi |
| Thornton Grove AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | — | 1 mi |
| Hellingly Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2021 | — | 1.3 mi |
| Park Mead Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 71% | 1.8 mi |
| Polegate Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 66% | 3 mi |
| Chiddingly Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 64% | 3.2 mi |
| Herstmonceux Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2022 | 50% | 3.6 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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