East Sussex
St Andrew's Prep
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What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
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Admissions and catchment
Independent schools run their own admissions outside the council process, so there is no catchment area or last offer distance to compare against. Registration and assessment dates are on the school’s website.
Entry, tests and fees
Entrance test
The closing date for all 2027 applications is Monday 11 January 2027 and scholarship assessments will take place later in the month.
Source · checked 28 September 2026
Bursaries and scholarships
The amount of a bursary award is calculated individually and the maximum offered is unlikely to exceed 50 percent. If a joint scholarship and bursary is awarded…
Source · checked 28 September 2026
Scholarships are awarded to children who show outstanding potential in Academics, Art, Drama, Performing Arts, Music or Sport.
Source · checked 28 September 2026
Admissions
The majority of senior schools require children to take either the Common Entrance examination or a programme of study that is broadly similar to Common Entranc…
Source · checked 28 September 2026
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School information
| URN | 114652 |
| Local authority | East Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Other independent school |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 0-14 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Tom Gregory |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | BN20 7RP |
| Latest pupils | 324 |
| FSM eligible | — |
Contact and identifiers
Meads, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 7RP
www.standrewsprep.co.uk1323733203| DfE number | 6016 |
| UKPRN | 10016439 |
| Opened | 1 Jan 1917 |
| GIAS updated | 28 Jan 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | — |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | — |