Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry356 applications · 90 places offered · 93 named it first
- 2026 4.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 3.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 4.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 3.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 3.7; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 4.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 3.4; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 3.1; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 2.7; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2017 2.9; East Sussex median median 1.6
- 2016 3.3; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2015 2.7; East Sussex median median 1.4
- 2014 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.5
- This school
- East Sussex median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.4 per place (139 applications for 58 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 90 | 356 | 4.0 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 341 | 3.8 | 84 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 88 | 351 | 4.0 | 87 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 90 | 298 | 3.3 | 82 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 84 | 310 | 3.7 | 75 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 84 | 332 | 4.0 | 79 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 83 | 280 | 3.4 | 98 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2019 | 141 | 437 | 3.1 | 179 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 142 | 380 | 2.7 | 134 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 141 | 404 | 2.9 | 168 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 113 | 371 | 3.3 | 191 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2015 | 116 | 307 | 2.7 | 189 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2014 | 117 | 261 | 2.2 | 155 | 1.32 |
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.) | 147 | 48.9 | 50% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 46.7 | 45% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 146 | 48.0 | 51% | 69% | +0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 144 | 47.3 | 47% | 67% | −0.21 |
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
- Gildredge HouseThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20255.3applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · East Sussex20262.7applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20250.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · East Sussex20261.2applications per place 31.7Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 10.7 km · East SussexRemains Outstanding20231.8applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Inadequate20230.9applications per place 35.4Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 139796 · 845/4002
- Trust
- Gildredge House Free School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,232 pupils · 1,169 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2013
- Address
- Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8AB
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Eastbourne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources