Little Common School
About the school
Little Common School is an open primary school in East Sussex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 4 June 2025
- Published
- 24 June 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 68%
- East Sussex
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 11%
- East Sussex
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 80%
- East Sussex
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 80%
- East Sussex
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 78%
- East Sussex
- 71%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 73%
- East Sussex
- 66%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 30%
- East Sussex
- 19%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 89%
- East Sussex
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 107
- East Sussex
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 105
- East Sussex
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- East Sussex
- 103
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
622
Girls
47.91%
Boys
52.09%
SEN support
8.36%
Education, health and care plan
2.09%
English as an additional language
3.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
16.08%
Overall absence
5.15
Persistent absence
12.02