Primary school in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 6EU
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 24 April 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- Places
- 210
- How full
- Nearly full — 201 of 210 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 105 / 96
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Hastings 011E, 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
- 34%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 38%
- Households in social housing
- 8%
- Households with no car
- 40%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
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 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Claire O'Rourke
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- Gensing
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- URN
- 151251
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 72% | 0.4 mi |
| Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 50% | 0.4 mi |
| Ark Blacklands Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Outstanding 2023 | 92% | 0.9 mi |
| St Leonards Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 63% | 0.9 mi |
| Mulberry Silverdale PrimaryAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 60% | 1.1 mi |
| Mulberry Baird PrimaryAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2024 | 56% | 1.2 mi |
| Ark Castledown Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 78% | 1.2 mi |
| Mulberry West St Leonards PrimaryAcademy sponsor led | Good 2021 | 60% | 1.3 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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