The Eastbourne Academy
Eastbourne, BN22 9RQ · East Sussex · secondary school
21st of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex we can score, 25 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 1.4/10 against 386 of them, against 0.8/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 25.0 · 9 | 46% | 0.42 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.88 · 4 | 38% | 0.17 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 37.7 · 13 | 15% | 0.19 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 25.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 37.7, against a national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.88 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (1.4 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.8 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Pride Club and Duke of Edinburgh, alongside sports like Girls Cricket, Athletics, Pickleball, Rounders, Boys Cricket, Softball, Tennis, and the Football Scholars Programme. Trips include Iceland, New York, Poland, and Barcelona. Both breakfast and after-school clubs are available.
Getting in. The school has 800 pupils in a capacity of 900, leaving 100 spare places. This means the school has a little room, but is fairly full.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between their current attainment and the national median? What specific support is offered for pupils with a negative Progress 8 score? How does the school manage the transition for new students given the current pupil numbers?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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