Schools in BN7
Primary and secondary schools serving BN7, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Council
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 24,587 (2024)
BN7Postcode district · Lewes
Schools in BN7
13 schools in BN7: 8 primary, 1 secondary and 4 other, including 3 independent. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 12 that publish a capacity are 95% full overall, and one has more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent7.7%
- Good61.5%
- Not rated30.8%
The largest schools here
- Priory SchoolSecondary · ages 11–16 · 1,153 pupils · 99% fullGood1 mile · November 2023
- Lewes Old Grammar SchoolOther · ages 3–19 · Independent · 675 pupils · 95% fullNot rated0.4 miles
- Wallands Community Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 324 pupils · 80% fullGood0.2 miles · September 2022
- Southover CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 288 pupils · 91% fullGood0.6 miles · January 2024
- South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 230 pupils · 97% fullGood0.9 miles · January 2020
- Western Road Community Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 214 pupils · 102% fullGood0.6 miles · February 2020
- Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · Faith school · 190 pupils · 90% fullGood1.6 miles · February 2019
- Plumpton Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 136 pupils · 97% fullGood4.4 miles · May 2023
- Barcombe Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 132 pupils · 94% fullExcellent3.5 miles · June 2015
- Northease Manor SchoolOther · ages 7–19 · Independent · 115 pupils · 94% fullNot rated2.6 miles
- Hamsey Community Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 99 pupils · 94% fullGood1.9 miles · June 2024
- Compass Community School Pinetree ParkOther · ages 10–19 · Independent · Faith school · 13 pupils · 59% fullNot rated1.4 miles
- Plumpton CollegeSixth form / 16+ · ages 16–99Not rated3.5 miles
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.