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
- 8 December 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 entry398 applications · 255 places offered · 238 named it first
- 2026 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.6
- 2016 1.5; 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 | 255 | 398 | 1.6 | 238 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 244 | 392 | 1.6 | 230 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 263 | 417 | 1.6 | 271 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 278 | 451 | 1.6 | 281 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 282 | 464 | 1.7 | 301 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 280 | 490 | 1.8 | 271 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 247 | 433 | 1.8 | 254 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 266 | 434 | 1.6 | 287 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 268 | 385 | 1.4 | 239 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 | 237 | 300 | 1.3 | 193 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 | 197 | 289 | 1.5 | 182 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 197 | 248 | 1.3 | 167 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 215 | 276 | 1.3 | 196 | 0.91 |
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.) | 254 | 49.4 | 57% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 252 | 50.2 | 61% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 259 | 52.1 | 60% | 78% | +0.50 |
| 2022/23 | 248 | 51.7 | 61% | 78% | +0.43 |
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
- Beacon AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20241.6applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · East SussexOutstanding20241.9applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · KentOutstanding20233.9applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Kent20265.5applications per place 72.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 11.6 km · KentOutstanding20234.5applications per place 72.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 11.8 km · East SussexStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · Kent20263.9applications per place 64.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.4 km · East SussexGood20231.9applications per place 50.0Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137982 · 845/4026
- Trust
- Mark Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,550 pupils · 1,642 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Beacon Community College (URN 114585)
- Address
- North Beeches Road, Crowborough, TN6 2AS
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Wealden
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources