Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 |
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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 entry326 applications · 176 places offered · 176 named it first
- 2026 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Peacehaven Community School (URN 131601), the previous school.
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 | 176 | 326 | 1.9 | 176 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 173 | 386 | 2.2 | 229 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2024 | 171 | 331 | 1.9 | 218 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 | 174 | 378 | 2.2 | 223 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2022 | 172 | 293 | 1.7 | 185 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 172 | 263 | 1.5 | 177 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 290 | 1.7 | 189 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 * | 168 | 210 | 1.3 | 129 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 * | 141 | 194 | 1.4 | 131 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 142 | 198 | 1.4 | 123 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 * | 157 | 215 | 1.4 | 149 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 170 | 244 | 1.4 | 176 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 * | 172 | 228 | 1.3 | 172 | 1.00 |
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.) | 175 | 38.3 | 27% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 174 | 40.1 | 33% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 179 | 40.1 | 30% | 54% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 147 | 38.2 | 31% | 55% | −0.38 |
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
- Peacehaven Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · East Sussex20251.6applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Brighton and Hove20261.6applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.5applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · East SussexRemains Outstanding20231.8applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Brighton and HoveGood20223.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · Brighton and HoveGood20233.3applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 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
- 144661 · 845/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 890 pupils · 890 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Replaced
- Peacehaven Community School (URN 131601)
- Address
- Greenwich Way, Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Lewes
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources