Which school had the best GCSE results in East Sussex in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Uckfield College topped the table in East Sussex with 57.5. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest East Sussex GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in East Sussex are on the main East Sussex GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in East Sussex show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

East Sussex GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

30 state secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 12 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest East Sussex GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 35 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

30 of 35 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Uckfield College Uckfield · Community school	57.5	+0.51 (0.34 to 0.68)	68%	83%	5.39	264
2	Varndean School Brighton · Community school	57.3	+0.41 (0.24 to 0.59)	71%	85%	5.26	264
3	Dorothy Stringer School Brighton · Community school	57.1	+0.26 (0.10 to 0.41)	64%	85%	5.38	325
4	Cardinal Newman Catholic School Hove · Voluntary aided school	56.1	+0.41 (0.26 to 0.56)	61%	81%	4.96	355
5	Priory School Lewes · Foundation school	55.6	+0.33 (0.14 to 0.52)	60%	77%	5.24	225
6	Beacon Academy Crowborough · Academy converter	55.0	+0.63 (0.44 to 0.83)	63%	81%	4.98	216
7	Patcham High School Brighton · Community school	53.6	-0.15 (-0.34 to 0.05)	64%	81%	4.85	209
8	Seaford Head School Seaford · Academy converter	53.5	+0.43 (0.24 to 0.61)	61%	81%	4.68	223
9	The Cavendish School Eastbourne · Academy converter	52.6	+0.52 (0.29 to 0.75)	53%	75%	4.46	163
10	Willingdon Community School Eastbourne · Community school	52.2	+0.31 (0.11 to 0.51)	59%	77%	4.34	198
11	St Catherine's College Eastbourne · Academy converter	51.9	+0.31 (0.12 to 0.50)	61%	80%	4.49	208
12	Chailey School Lewes · Community school	51.7	+0.01 (-0.24 to 0.26)	53%	73%	4.83	139
13	Claverham Community College Battle · Community school	51.3	-0.05 (-0.24 to 0.14)	55%	75%	4.71	223
14	Blatchington Mill School Hove · Community school	50.9	-0.04 (-0.21 to 0.13)	53%	71%	4.60	294
15	Ratton School Eastbourne · Academy converter	49.9	+0.31 (0.13 to 0.50)	46%	67%	4.18	235
16	Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Brighton · Academy sponsor led	49.7	+0.24 (0.02 to 0.46)	53%	73%	4.66	166
17	Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Hove · Community school	49.6	+0.12 (-0.06 to 0.31)	54%	74%	4.64	257
18	King's Academy Ringmer Lewes · Academy converter	49.1	+0.35 (0.05 to 0.65)	44%	71%	4.56	89
19	Heathfield Community College Heathfield · Community school	47.4	-0.39 (-0.57 to -0.21)	53%	77%	3.97	230
20	Seahaven Academy Newhaven · Academy sponsor led	47.1	-0.06 (-0.31 to 0.20)	55%	64%	4.24	121
21	Gildredge House Eastbourne · Free schools	46.4	-0.10 (-0.34 to 0.15)	42%	69%	4.12	143
22	Longhill High School Brighton · Community school	44.1	-0.51 (-0.74 to -0.29)	37%	59%	3.93	158
23	Rye College Rye · Academy converter	43.0	-0.44 (-0.69 to -0.19)	38%	63%	3.53	127
24	Peacehaven Community School Peacehaven · Academy converter	42.1	-0.36 (-0.57 to -0.14)	41%	60%	3.64	176
25	The Eastbourne Academy Eastbourne · Academy sponsor led	40.1	-0.27 (-0.50 to -0.04)	31%	56%	3.14	153
26	Ark Alexandra Academy Hastings · Academy sponsor led	39.9	-0.55 (-0.74 to -0.36)	27%	54%	3.38	216
27	Bexhill High Academy Bexhill-on-Sea · Academy converter	38.7	-0.78 (-0.94 to -0.61)	30%	49%	3.28	297
28	Mulberry Academy Hastings Hastings · Academy sponsor led	37.5	-0.85 (-1.06 to -0.63)	27%	48%	3.04	172
29	Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Brighton · Academy sponsor led	37.4	-0.60 (-0.87 to -0.34)	28%	47%	3.32	120
30	The Turing School Eastbourne · Academy sponsor led	37.2	-0.92 (-1.18 to -0.66)	33%	50%	3.35	119
–	Hailsham Academy Hailsham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Mulberry Academy St Leonards St Leonards-on-Sea · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Robertsbridge Community College Robertsbridge · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Richard's Catholic College Bexhill-on-Sea · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Uplands Academy Wadhurst · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in East Sussex with published 2022 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Battle Abbey School East Sussex · Other independent school	39.2	0%	73
Bede's Senior School Hailsham · Other independent school	29.4	0%	168
Brighton College Brighton · Other independent school	83.0	100%	202
Buckswood School East Sussex · Other independent school	14.2	0%	68
Claremont School St Leonards-on-Sea · Other independent school	43.4	0%	71
Eastbourne College Eastbourne · Other independent school	37.5	0%	113
Greenfields School Other independent school	15.6	14%	7
Lewes Old Grammar School Other independent school	63.7	73%	91
Mayfield School Mayfield · Other independent school	70.2	70%	66
Michael Hall School Forest Row · Other independent school	37.6	37%	30
Roedean School Brighton · Other independent school	16.3	0%	141
The Montessori Place Hove · Other independent school	14.5	0%	8

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main East Sussex GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in East Sussex on our composite score

East Sussex GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in East Sussex with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in East Sussex

East Sussex GCSE results: common questions