Living in St Leonards-on-Sea with children
St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
11 schools: 9 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 privateSt Leonards-on-Sea on the schools map →Every school in St Leonards-on-Sea, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy | Outstanding | Top 19% (25/137) in East Sussex | — |
| St Paul's Church of England Academy | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 21% (28/137) in East Sussex | — |
| St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top 40% (54/137) in East Sussex | — |
| St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | (72/137) in East Sussex | 1.739 miles (2026) |
| Mulberry West St Leonards Primary | Ofsted report card | (79/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Robsack Wood Primary School | Good | (82/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Mulberry Silverdale Primary | School remains Good | (83/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Churchwood Primary School | Good | (118/137) in East Sussex | — |
| Hollington Primary School | Inadequate | (128/137) in East Sussex | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Academy St Leonards | Inadequate | — | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont School | — | (5/8) 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)We don't hold Land Registry sales for St Leonards-on-Sea yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in St Leonards-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 68% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 100%, on average across the 1,017 postcodes in TN38, TN37. 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: 3 outstanding; 12 good, or expected standard; 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: 16 in East Sussex.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 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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