Bowden House SchoolCompass Community School Pinetree Park
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Bowden House School and Compass Community School Pinetree Park.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Bowden House School was judged Good and Compass Community School Pinetree Park was judged Good.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 11.1 for Bowden House School and 2.7 for Compass Community School Pinetree Park.
GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Bowden House School (19.9 in 2021-22, 11.1 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | SeafordBowden House School | LewesCompass Community School Pinetree Park | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Good | Ofsted: Good | |
| School type | Community special school | Other independent special school | |
| Age range | 5-18 | 10-19 | |
| Gender | Boys | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 39 | 13 | |
| Capacity | 40 | 22 | |
| Location | Seaford, BN25 2JB | Lewes, BN7 3NF | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 11.1 Stronger figure | 2.7 | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 0.0% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 10.0% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.30 Stronger figure | 0.25 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 10 | 6 | |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 38 | 12 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 81.8% | 0.0% | |
| English as an additional language | 5.3% | Not reported | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 16.7% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 83.3% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 24.4% | Not reported | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 55.6% | Not reported | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Bowden House School
Full profiles: Bowden House School · Compass Community School Pinetree Park