Cooksbridge, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4SJ
10 reasons to choose Hamsey Community Primary School
Main point of differentiation
Hamsey Community Primary School is one of the best state primary schools in the Lewes area, ranking in the top 15% in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Hamsey Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 5 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school is federated with three other local primary schools in the Skylark Federation. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Hamsey Community Primary School has four mixed-age classes, and an average class size of 23 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Hamsey Community Primary School achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 31% of schools. Most pupils go on to Chailey Secondary School, Lewes Priory or Ringmer School at the end of Year 6.
The Hamsey Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately, with cross-curricular linking when appropriate. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Hamsey Community Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Hamsey Community Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. ‘Create Project’ in the summer term focuses on music and the arts. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am (school staff) to 5.30pm (external contractor).
Find another school near Hamsey Community Primary School
Lewes Old Grammar Junior School (2.2 miles); Great Walstead School (8.9 miles); Burgess Hill Girls’ Pre-Prep & Prep School (8.9 miles).
Barcombe Church of England Primary School (2.3 miles); Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School (4.1 miles); Newick Church of England Primary School (5.4 miles).
Lewes Old Grammar School (2.7 miles); Burgess Hill School for Girls (7.9 miles); Hurstpierpoint College (9.4 miles).
Priory School (3.2 miles); Downlands Community School (7 miles); Uckfield Community Technology College (9.6 miles).