Punnetts Town Community Primary School and Nursery
Battle Road, Punnetts Town, Heathfield, TN21 9DEOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Punnetts Town Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Heathfield for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 214 schools in East Sussex. It ranks 90th of 129 primary schools in East Sussex. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 8 October 2024, report published 14 November 2024
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 8 October 2024
This is a school at the heart of its community where pupils feel happy and safe. Staff prioritise getting to know every family individually and are ambitious for every pupil to succeed. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are fully included in school life. Adaptations to the delivery of the curriculum and to the environment work effectively to support all learners. As a result, most pupils achieve well. Pupils live up to the school's high expectations for their behaviour. They behave well and develop positive attitudes to learning. The federation's values of love, care, respect and friendship are fully integrated into school life. Pupils understand how these values help them to be successful, for example by focusing on supporting each other on a recent residential trip. The school's recent addition of a Nursery has strengthened practice in the early years. Children are well prepared to start in the Reception Year. The curriculum across all subjects starts from the early years. Wider opportunities are planned to enhance pupils' learning and, where possible, link to the local context. Pupils are keen to represent their school in a variety of ways. Leadership roles such as the school council and librarians provide a real-life context for pupils to learn about democracy.
What the school should improve
- The order of learning in a few subjects is not yet fully developed. This means in these subjects, pupils do not build on or remember knowledge over time. The school should identify and carefully map out the specific knowledge to be taught in these few remaining subjects.
- The support for the weakest readers is not precise enough. As a result, some of these pupils cannot blend accurately. This hampers their ability to read with fluency and comprehension. The school should strengthen its approach to supporting the weakest readers to enable these pupils to catch up and keep up with their peers.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
14 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
121 pupils on roll, with places for 105
Schools near Punnetts Town Community Primary School and Nursery
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School | 1 mile | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 58% met the expected standard |
| Parkside Community Primary School | 2 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 72% met the expected standard |
| Maynards Green Community Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 68% met the expected standard |
| Dallington Church of England Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 58% met the expected standard |
| Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 70% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Kinsella
- Phone
- 01435830361
- Address
- Battle Road, Punnetts Town, Heathfield, TN21 9DE
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- URN
- 114414
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.