Uckfield College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C68
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Uckfield, TN22 3DJ
- Distance
- 10.3km away
Beacon Academy
North Beeches Road, Crowborough, TN6 2AS
Local ranking3rd of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1550
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 16 April 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 254
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 39.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
122
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 316
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1662
- Boys
- 815 (50%)
- Girls
- 827 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1550 (106% full)
- SEND
- 12.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.8%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,485/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.1%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
86.1%
White British
5.0%
White Other
1.5%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
North Beeches Road
Crowborough, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137982
- UKPRN
- 10036860
- Establishment No.
- 4026
- Trust
- MARK EDUCATION TRUST
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