Which school had the best GCSE results in East Sussex in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Heathfield Community College topped the table in East Sussex with 54.6, against an England average of 46.3. 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 2023 archive (the 2022/23 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 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

31 state secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 4 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 12 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest East Sussex GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 35 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

31 of 35 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1 , up 18 places since 2022	Heathfield Community College Heathfield · Community school	54.6	+0.53 (0.35 to 0.71)	59%	82%	4.64	239
2	Varndean School Brighton · Community school	54.5	+0.36 (0.20 to 0.53)	68%	82%	4.98	293
3	Dorothy Stringer School Brighton · Community school	53.8	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.48)	62%	82%	5.12	329
4 , up 9 places since 2022	Claverham Community College Battle · Community school	53.5	+0.44 (0.26 to 0.63)	58%	75%	4.95	226
5 , down 1 place since 2022	Cardinal Newman Catholic School Hove · Voluntary aided school	51.8	+0.15 (0.00 to 0.30)	52%	75%	4.59	359
6	Beacon Academy Crowborough · Academy converter	51.7	+0.43 (0.24 to 0.61)	60%	78%	4.78	248
7 , down 2 places since 2022	Priory School Lewes · Foundation school	51.3	+0.17 (-0.02 to 0.36)	59%	79%	4.84	234
8 , down 7 places since 2022	Uckfield College Uckfield · Community school	50.1	+0.10 (-0.07 to 0.28)	52%	76%	4.69	250
9 , up 5 places since 2022	Blatchington Mill School Hove · Community school	49.7	+0.03 (-0.13 to 0.18)	50%	73%	4.47	325
10 , down 1 place since 2022	The Cavendish School Eastbourne · Academy converter	48.4	+0.38 (0.16 to 0.59)	50%	74%	4.20	175
11 , down 4 places since 2022	Patcham High School Brighton · Community school	47.9	-0.21 (-0.40 to -0.03)	51%	73%	4.16	221
12 , down 4 places since 2022	Seaford Head School Seaford · Academy converter	47.8	+0.36 (0.17 to 0.55)	46%	73%	4.19	224
13 , down 1 place since 2022	Chailey School Lewes · Community school	47.7	-0.08 (-0.31 to 0.16)	46%	70%	4.51	149
14= , up 7 places since 2022	Gildredge House Eastbourne · Free schools	47.3	-0.21 (-0.46 to 0.03)	47%	67%	4.13	144
14= , up 4 places since 2022	King's Academy Ringmer Lewes · Academy converter	47.3	+0.36 (0.06 to 0.67)	41%	69%	4.37	85
16 , up 1 place since 2022	Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Hove · Community school	46.8	-0.12 (-0.32 to 0.08)	46%	68%	4.35	224
17 , down 2 places since 2022	Ratton School Eastbourne · Academy converter	45.7	+0.08 (-0.11 to 0.26)	43%	69%	3.88	236
18	Uplands Academy Wadhurst · Academy converter	45.3	-0.13 (-0.37 to 0.11)	43%	71%	4.15	139
19 , down 9 places since 2022	Willingdon Community School Eastbourne · Community school	45.0	-0.06 (-0.26 to 0.13)	40%	65%	3.67	200
20 , down 4 places since 2022	Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Brighton · Academy sponsor led	44.8	-0.10 (-0.32 to 0.11)	43%	68%	4.16	168
21 , down 10 places since 2022	St Catherine's College Eastbourne · Academy converter	44.7	-0.19 (-0.39 to 0.00)	42%	66%	3.78	212
22 , up 5 places since 2022	Bexhill High Academy Bexhill-on-Sea · Academy converter	39.9	-0.69 (-0.86 to -0.52)	37%	57%	3.46	267
23 , down 3 places since 2022	Seahaven Academy Newhaven · Academy sponsor led	39.8	-0.24 (-0.48 to 0.01)	37%	57%	3.51	131
24 , up 2 places since 2022	Ark Alexandra Academy Hastings · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.87 (-1.04 to -0.69)	30%	49%	3.23	263
25 , down 1 place since 2022	Peacehaven Community School Peacehaven · Academy converter	38.2	-0.38 (-0.61 to -0.15)	31%	55%	3.19	147
26 , down 3 places since 2022	Rye College Rye · Academy converter	37.5	-0.55 (-0.81 to -0.29)	34%	58%	3.24	116
27 , up 2 places since 2022	Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Brighton · Academy sponsor led	36.2	-0.50 (-0.74 to -0.26)	26%	48%	3.29	148
28 , down 6 places since 2022	Longhill High School Brighton · Community school	35.8	-0.62 (-0.84 to -0.40)	28%	45%	3.08	164
29 , down 4 places since 2022	The Eastbourne Academy Eastbourne · Academy sponsor led	35.2	-0.52 (-0.75 to -0.30)	21%	49%	2.88	171
30	The Turing School Eastbourne · Academy sponsor led	34.2	-0.75 (-1.06 to -0.44)	20%	42%	2.86	84
31 , down 3 places since 2022	Mulberry Academy Hastings Hastings · Academy sponsor led	30.3	-1.48 (-1.70 to -1.26)	15%	47%	2.54	170
–	Hailsham Academy Hailsham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Mulberry Academy St Leonards St Leonards-on-Sea · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Robertsbridge Community College Robertsbridge · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Richard's Catholic College Bexhill-on-Sea · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in East Sussex with published 2023 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	41.7	0%	64
Bede's Senior School Hailsham · Other independent school	27.7	0%	174
Brighton College Brighton · Other independent school	81.8	99%	242
Buckswood School East Sussex · Other independent school	8.8	0%	65
Claremont School St Leonards-on-Sea · Other independent school	41.0	0%	64
Eastbourne College Eastbourne · Other independent school	41.5	0%	140
Greenfields School Other independent school	23.2	7%	15
Lewes Old Grammar School Other independent school	57.4	61%	106
Mayfield School Mayfield · Other independent school	65.3	68%	79
Michael Hall School Forest Row · Other independent school	41.2	61%	46
Roedean School Brighton · Other independent school	14.3	0%	141
The Montessori Place Hove · Other independent school	13.1	0%	7

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; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in East Sussex ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in East Sussex with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in East Sussex

East Sussex GCSE results: common questions