Motcombe Infants' School
Macmillan Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 1SN
219 pupils · 81% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Free school meals
- 21%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 February 2023, published 28 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.03 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 62 | 199 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 81 | 72 | 237 | 80 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 46 | 167 | 58 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 73 | 61 | 200 | 73 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 78 | 216 | 89 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 50 | 34 | 180 | 49 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 83 | 60 | 235 | 83 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 115 | 60 | 238 | 99 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Pashley Down Infant School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Ocklynge Junior School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Stafford Junior School 1.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Bourne Primary School 2.3 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Parkland Junior School 2.4 km · Good (2020) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.