King's Academy Ringmer
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Lewes, BN8 5RB
- Distance
- 4.6km away
Priory School
Mountfield Road, Lewes, BN7 2XN
Local ranking6th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1160
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 8 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 231
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1163
- Boys
- 594 (52%)
- Girls
- 559 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1160 (99% full)
- SEND
- 28.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.4%
- EAL
- 4.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 24.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,949/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
- 12.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation 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: 83.9%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
83.9%
White British
5.6%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mountfield Road
Lewes, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114598
- UKPRN
- 10017805
- Establishment No.
- 4047
- Trust
- The Lewes Co-operative Learning Partnership
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