The Eastbourne Academy
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F28
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN22 9RQ
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Willingdon Community School
Broad Road, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9QX
Local ranking11th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1053
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1093
- Boys
- 595 (53%)
- Girls
- 522 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1053 (106% full)
- SEND
- 21.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.6%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 17.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,254/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
90.5%
White British
1.7%
Mixed White & Asian
1.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Broad Road
Eastbourne, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114592
- UKPRN
- 10015514
- Establishment No.
- 4039
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