Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in East Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 22 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry644 applications · 237 places offered · 217 named it first
- 2026 2.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 2.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 2.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 2.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 2.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 2.6; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 2.5; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2017 2.6; East Sussex median median 1.6
- 2016 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2015 2.3; East Sussex median median 1.4
- 2014 2.4; 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 | 237 | 644 | 2.7 | 217 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 241 | 663 | 2.8 | 193 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 239 | 641 | 2.7 | 213 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 243 | 581 | 2.4 | 184 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2022 | 234 | 520 | 2.2 | 147 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2021 | 243 | 546 | 2.3 | 179 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2020 | 242 | 538 | 2.2 | 179 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 223 | 572 | 2.6 | 194 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 | 241 | 609 | 2.5 | 258 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 626 | 2.6 | 259 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 234 | 470 | 2.0 | 207 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 | 209 | 478 | 2.3 | 184 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 | 210 | 502 | 2.4 | 198 | 0.94 |
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.) | 239 | 45.5 | 45% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 236 | 43.0 | 43% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 41.4 | 36% | 57% | −0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 45.7 | 43% | 69% | +0.08 |
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
- Ratton SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20255.3applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20250.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · East Sussex20261.2applications per place 31.7Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Inadequate20230.9applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · East SussexRemains Outstanding20231.8applications per place 48.5Attainment 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
- 138474 · 845/4063
- Trust
- South Downs Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,215 pupils · 1,183 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2012
- Replaced
- Ratton School (URN 114604)
- Address
- Park Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Eastbourne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources