The Turing School
Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ · East Sussex · secondary school
22nd 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.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.1/10 against 501 of them, against 0.8/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 8 | 35% | 0.30 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 27.2 · 12 | 30% | 0.37 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.99 · 3 | 25% | 0.07 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 34.6 · 5 | 10% | 0.05 |
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, 27.2% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 34.6, against a national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.99 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.8 out of 10 against all schools). Ofsted rated it Requires improvement in February 2026.
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join Film, Boxing, and Creative Writing clubs, play football or cricket, and visit Paris, Italy, or Iceland on trips.
Getting in. The school has 765 pupils in a capacity of 945, leaving 180 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the attainment gap with national medians? What specific actions are being taken to address the Requires improvement rating? How do smaller class sizes impact individual teaching time?
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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