Living in Bexhill-on-Sea with children
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 43,750 people in 20,799 households; 19.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
11 schools: 8 state primary, 2 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeBexhill-on-Sea on the schools map →Every school in Bexhill-on-Sea, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School | Outstanding | Top 9% (11/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Pebsham Primary Academy | Good | Top 28% (37/137) in East Sussex | — |
| King Offa Primary Academy | Good | Top 30% (41/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Little Common School | Outstanding | Top 38% (51/137) in East Sussex | 1.43 miles (2026) |
| St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 48% (65/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Glenleigh Park Primary Academy | Good | (74/137) in East Sussex | — |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill | Standards maintained | (115/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Chantry Community Primary School | School remains Good | (121/137) in East Sussex | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Richard's Catholic College | Good | 1st (1/24) in East Sussex | — |
| Bexhill High Academy | Good | (13/24) in East Sussex | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bexhill College | Outstanding | (5/7) in East Sussex | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (242 detached, 111 semi-detached, 86 terraced, 195 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Bexhill-on-Sea. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Bexhill-on-Sea →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 82% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,133 postcodes in TN40, TN39. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 10 in East Sussex.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, East Sussex
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: East Sussex.
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