Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| 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 | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 6 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry203 applications · 168 places offered · 81 named it first
- 2026 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Causeway School (URN 131669), 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 | 168 | 203 | 1.2 | 81 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 173 | 1.0 | 78 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2024 | 181 | 195 | 1.1 | 99 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2023 | 179 | 196 | 1.1 | 88 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 173 | 1.0 | 82 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2021 | 137 | 149 | 1.1 | 67 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2020 * | 102 | 160 | 1.6 | 68 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2019 * | 96 | 140 | 1.5 | 87 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 68 | 128 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 * | 130 | 173 | 1.3 | 75 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2016 * | 64 | 124 | 1.9 | 60 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 102 | 169 | 1.7 | 92 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 120 | 230 | 1.9 | 118 | 0.98 |
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.) | 138 | 31.7 | 19% | 36% | – |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 34.6 | 27% | 47% | – |
| 2023/24 | 128 | 30.0 | 17% | 32% | −0.99 |
| 2022/23 | 84 | 34.2 | 20% | 42% | −0.75 |
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
- The Turing SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 31.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20250.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · East Sussex20262.7applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20255.3applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Inadequate20230.9applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 45.7Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148179 · 845/4009
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 945 pupils · 771 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Replaced
- Causeway School (URN 131669)
- Address
- Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Eastbourne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources