Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in East Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 16 April 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 5 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry513 applications · 267 places offered · 298 named it first
- 2026 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.6
- 2016 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2015 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.4
- 2014 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.5
- This school
- East Sussex median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 267 | 513 | 1.9 | 298 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2025 | 266 | 535 | 2.0 | 325 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2024 | 266 | 421 | 1.6 | 252 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 265 | 454 | 1.7 | 269 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 260 | 397 | 1.5 | 246 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 260 | 401 | 1.5 | 232 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 243 | 375 | 1.5 | 223 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 277 | 376 | 1.4 | 303 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 259 | 341 | 1.3 | 254 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 263 | 355 | 1.4 | 276 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 | 261 | 328 | 1.3 | 265 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 | 266 | 343 | 1.3 | 281 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 | 263 | 339 | 1.3 | 259 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 260 | 47.7 | 44% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 238 | 47.0 | 46% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 270 | 50.0 | 49% | 70% | +0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 250 | 50.1 | 52% | 76% | +0.10 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Uckfield CollegeThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20241.9applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 9.1 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 9.9 km · East Sussex20263.2applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · East SussexOutstanding20241.6applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 12.4 km · East SussexGood20231.9applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.5applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 14.1 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 16.2 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Inadequate20230.9applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 16.7 km · West SussexSome aspects not as strong20241.2applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 114590 · 845/4037
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,696 pupils · 1,671 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Address
- Downsview Crescent, Uckfield, TN22 3DJ
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Wealden
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources