South East
Independent schools in East Sussex
202 schools, 69,312 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.1.
Ofsted across East Sussex
Good78
Outstanding7
Requires improvement4
Inadequate4
No overall grade109
93 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 109 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in East Sussex
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annan SchoolOther independent school | Uckfield | No grade | — |
| Battle Abbey SchoolOther independent school | East Sussex | No grade | — |
| Bede's Prep SchoolOther independent school | Eastbourne | No grade | — |
| Bede's Senior SchoolOther independent school | Hailsham | No grade | — |
| Buckswood SchoolOther independent school | East Sussex | No grade | — |
| Claremont SchoolOther independent school | St Leonards-on-Sea | No grade | — |
| Cumnor House SchoolOther independent school | Haywards Heath | No grade | — |
| Darvell SchoolOther independent school | Robertsbridge | No grade | — |
| Eastbourne CollegeOther independent school | Eastbourne | No grade | — |
| Greenfields SchoolOther independent school | East Sussex | No grade | — |
| Lewes Old Grammar SchoolOther independent school | East Sussex | No grade | — |
| Marlborough House Vinehall SchoolOther independent school | Robertsbridge | No grade | — |
| Mayfield SchoolOther independent school | Mayfield | No grade | — |
| Michael Hall SchoolOther independent school | Forest Row | No grade | — |
| Sacred Heart SchoolOther independent school | East Sussex | No grade | — |
| Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Mayfield | No grade | — |
| St Andrew's PrepOther independent school | Eastbourne | No grade | — |