South East
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in East Sussex
Sorted by Attainment 8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield Community CollegeCommunity school | Heathfield | Good 2023 | 50.6 |
| Claverham Community CollegeCommunity school | Battle | Good 2024 | 50.3 |
| Beacon AcademyAcademy converter | Crowborough | Outstanding 2024 | 50.2 |
| Seaford Head SchoolAcademy converter | Seaford | Outstanding 2023 | 49.4 |
| Chailey SchoolCommunity school | Lewes | No grade | 49.3 |
| St Catherine's CollegeAcademy converter | Eastbourne | No grade | 47.6 |
| King's Academy RingmerAcademy converter | Lewes | No grade | 47.6 |
| The Cavendish SchoolAcademy converter | Eastbourne | No grade | 47.3 |
| Uckfield CollegeCommunity school | Uckfield | Outstanding 2024 | 47 |
| Gildredge HouseFree schools | Eastbourne | No grade | 46.7 |
| Priory SchoolFoundation school | Lewes | Good 2023 | 46.4 |
| Willingdon Community SchoolCommunity school | Eastbourne | Good 2023 | 45 |
| Ratton SchoolAcademy converter | Eastbourne | Good 2022 | 43 |
| Ark Alexandra AcademyAcademy sponsor led | HASTINGS | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.6 |
| Uplands AcademyAcademy converter | Wadhurst | No grade | 42.5 |
| Bexhill High AcademyAcademy converter | Bexhill-on-Sea | No grade | 41.7 |
| Seahaven AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newhaven | No grade | 40.3 |
| Peacehaven Community SchoolAcademy converter | Peacehaven | Good 2023 | 40.1 |
| Mulberry Academy HastingsAcademy sponsor led | Hastings | No grade | 38.2 |
| The Eastbourne AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Eastbourne | No grade | 37.7 |
| Rye CollegeAcademy converter | Rye | Good 2023 | 36.8 |
| The Turing SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Eastbourne | No grade | 34.6 |
| Hailsham AcademyAcademy converter | Hailsham | Inadequate 2023 | — |
| Robertsbridge Community CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Robertsbridge | Inadequate 2024 | — |
| St Richard's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Bexhill-on-Sea | Good 2021 | — |
| Mulberry Academy St LeonardsAcademy sponsor led | St Leonards-on-Sea | No grade | — |