Mulberry West St Leonards Primary, St Leonards-on-Sea

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Mulberry West St Leonards Primary on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders maintain a sharp understanding of attendance through systematic monitoring and analysis, enabling swift and well-judged intervention where concerns arise."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders are ambitious for pupils' curriculum experiences and use a well-structured cycle of planning, monitoring and refinement to secure and sustain whole-school improvement."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a consistent approach across the early years, ensuring that staff are well supported and developed."

Achievement - Expected standard. "The school's strengthened curriculum is having a positive impact on pupils' achievement."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school's commitment to inclusion is an established and integral part of its identity."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders provide clear and purposeful direction for the school, underpinned by a clear commitment to continuous improvement and collaboration."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have constructed a well-considered personal development and wellbeing programme, underpinned by a progressive personal, social, health and economic curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should refine their systems for analysing inclusion-related data so that it can be used more precisely to evaluate the impact of strategies on pupils and make adaptations when needed, including in the use of the pupil premium strategy"; "Leaders should develop robust systems to evaluate the effectiveness of the school's personal development and wellbeing programme, including how well pupils learn and the extent to which key groups participate in the school's wider offer".

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Mulberry West St Leonards Primary reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 72% in East Sussex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 63% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 53 families put Mulberry West St Leonards Primary as their first choice and 94 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Mulberry West St Leonards Primary are St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 81% maths); Robsack Wood Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 70% reading, 76% maths); Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy (1 mile, Good, 68% reading, 63% maths); and Churchwood Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 68% reading, 46% maths).

Mulberry West St Leonards Primary's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Mulberry West St Leonards Primary is one of 14 schools run by Mulberry Schools Trust, an academy trust.

8.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (9%).

Mulberry West St Leonards Primary has a resourced provision for physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 11 places, 18 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is West St Leonards Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Field Way (opposite), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 177 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in East Sussex (65), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Mulberry West St Leonards Primary issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Mulberry West St Leonards Primary are Mulberry Academy St Leonards (0.2 miles) and Lansdowne Children's Centre (1.1 miles).