Best and worst primary schools in Sussex for 2025 revealed

The Department for Education (DfE) has released its annual primary school performance tables for 2024/25.

This shows how well schools across England performed at the end of Key Stage 2 and includes performance measures for every primary school in England.

Here is how primary schools in East and West Sussex stacked up this year.

Best and worst primary schools in East Sussex

There were 148 schools in East Sussex ranked for their overall performance at the end of key stage 2 in 2025.

There was no data available or applicable for some schools.

Schools listed were ranked on the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard.

Pupils are meeting the expected standard if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as ‘working at the expected standard’ or better in writing.

Schools on the list include:

• Academy – government-funded but run by an academy trust rather than a local authority
• Maintained school – government-funded and run by a local authority
• Special school – schools that specialise in educating pupils with special educational needs

Topping the list was Brede Primary School, followed by Ark Blacklands Primary Academy and then Blackboys Church of England Primary School.

Here is the full list of the primary schools in East Sussex based on the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard:

Best and worst primary schools in West Sussex

In West Sussex, Heron Way Primary School topped the list.

Arundel CofE Primary School was second, with Barns Green Primary School in third.

A total of 216 schools were ranked, with it being that, once again, for some schools, no data was available or applicable for some schools.

Here is the full list of the primary schools in West Sussex based on the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard:

The DfE says it is also not able to calculate KS1 to KS2 progress scores for academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

This is because there is no KS1 baseline available to calculate primary progress measures for these years due to Covid-19 disruption.