Graded inspection · Jan 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 entry223 applications · 125 places offered · 114 named it first
- 2026 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Rye College (URN 138624), Rye College (URN 114596), 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 | 125 | 223 | 1.8 | 114 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 143 | 237 | 1.7 | 132 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 129 | 178 | 1.4 | 98 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 | 131 | 180 | 1.4 | 100 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2022 | 123 | 168 | 1.4 | 101 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 112 | 161 | 1.4 | 90 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 87 | 123 | 1.4 | 78 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 66 | 112 | 1.7 | 48 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 * | 137 | 191 | 1.4 | 110 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 * | 110 | 169 | 1.5 | 83 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 * | 123 | 201 | 1.6 | 101 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 * | 118 | 201 | 1.7 | 111 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 121 | 210 | 1.7 | 108 | 0.89 |
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.) | 117 | 40.6 | 33% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 103 | 36.8 | 35% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 100 | 36.3 | 29% | 48% | −0.85 |
| 2022/23 | 116 | 37.5 | 34% | 58% | −0.55 |
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
- Rye CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · East Sussex20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 13.8 km · KentGood20231.9applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · East Sussex20261.6applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · KentGood20221.5applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 17.7 km · East SussexSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 19.1 km · East SussexRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 19.3 km · East SussexSpecial measures Inadequate20241.9applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 20.5 km · Kent20263.9applications per place
- 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
- 146825 · 845/4008
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 645 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2018
- Replaced
- Rye College (URN 138624); Rye College (URN 114596)
- Address
- The Grove, Rye, TN31 7NQ
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Rother
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources