Tollgate Community Junior School
Winston Crescent, Seaside, Eastbourne, BN23 6NL
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Tollgate Community Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Dennis
- Constituency
- Eastbourne
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 391
- URN
- 114458
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
Tollgate Community Junior School was a community primary school in Eastbourne. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 391 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Tollgate Community Junior 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 | 91 | 119 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - |
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 Tollgate Community Junior 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 | 56% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Tollgate Community Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 51% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 35% | 391 | — |
| Tollgate Community Junior School | 57% | 6.2% | 37.4% | 335 | 0.0 miles |
| St Andrew's Church of England Infants School | — | 6.8% | 35.6% | 215 | 0.5 miles |
| The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School | 55% | 5.5% | 26.1% | 418 | 0.5 miles |
| Langney Primary Academy | 53% | 4.8% | 32.2% | 465 | 0.7 miles |
| West Rise Primary School and Nursery | — | 6.5% | 26.4% | 607 | 0.9 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)
- 35%
- English as an additional language
- 12.5%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 15.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tollgate Community Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Eastbourne
-
St Andrew's Church of England Infants School0.5 miles
Primary · Eastbourne
-
The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Eastbourne
-
Langney Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Eastbourne
-
West Rise Primary School and Nursery0.9 miles
Primary · Eastbourne
Other schools in Eastbourne
- Bourne Primary School Primary
- Heron Park Primary Academy Primary
- Langney Primary Academy Primary
- Motcombe Infants' School Primary
- Oakwood Primary Academy Primary
- Ocklynge Junior School Primary
- Parkland Infant School Primary
- Parkland Junior School Primary
- Pashley Down Infant School Primary
- Roselands Infants' School Primary
- Shinewater Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's Church of England Infants School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Tollgate Community Junior School teach?
- Tollgate Community Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Eastbourne.
- Has Tollgate Community Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Tollgate Community Junior 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 Tollgate Community Junior School?
- Tollgate Community Junior School had 391 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Tollgate Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Tollgate Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tollgate Community Junior 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.