Little Common School
Shepherds Close, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4SQ
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Little Common School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Linda Appleby
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 625
- URN
- 114429
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
Little Common School was a community primary school in Bexhill-on-Sea. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 625 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Little Common School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 95 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Little Common School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Little Common School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 67% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.3% | 17% | 625 | — |
| Little Common School | 68% | 5.2% | 16.1% | 670 | 0.0 miles |
| Glenleigh Park Primary Academy | 62% | 6% | 41.1% | 334 | 1.2 miles |
| King Offa Primary Academy | 70% | 5.8% | 34.4% | 402 | 1.3 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill | 47% | 7% | 47.5% | 282 | 1.6 miles |
| Chantry Community Primary School | 42% | 6.7% | 33.2% | 195 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 11.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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Little Common School0.0 miles
Primary · Bexhill-on-Sea
-
Glenleigh Park Primary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Bexhill-on-Sea
-
King Offa Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Bexhill-on-Sea
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill1.6 miles
Primary · Bexhill-on-Sea
-
Chantry Community Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Bexhill-on-Sea
Other schools in Bexhill-on-Sea
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill Primary
- Chantry Community Primary School Primary
- Glenleigh Park Primary Academy Primary
- King Offa Primary Academy Primary
- Little Common School Primary
- Pebsham Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School Primary
- Bexhill High Academy Secondary
- St Richard's Catholic College Secondary
- Bexhill College 16 plus
- Bexhill Independent Special School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Little Common School teach?
- Little Common School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bexhill-on-Sea.
- Has Little Common School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Little Common School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Little Common School?
- Little Common School had 625 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Little Common School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Little Common School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Little Common School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2023.