St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, St Leonards-on-Sea

St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 114574), 82% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 21 families put St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 61 named it as one of their preferences, for 24 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School are St Paul's Church of England Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 84% reading, 80% maths); Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 68% reading, 63% maths); Ark Blacklands Primary Academy (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 93% maths); and St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 73% reading, 81% maths).

St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is one of 18 schools run by Bosco Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

43.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (35%), Asian (23%) and Black (15%).

In 2026, 27 pupils (13.4%) received SEN support and 3 (1.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is St Leonards Warrior Square Rail Station, about 350 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Magdalen Road (adjacent), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 772 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in East Sussex (65), as is usual near a town centre.

The secondary schools closest to St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School are Lansdowne Children's Centre (0.3 miles), Ark Alexandra Academy (1.3 miles) and Mulberry Academy St Leonards (1.3 miles).