The Cavendish School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN21 1UE
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Ratton School
Park Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
Local ranking12th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1215
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 16.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 236
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1197
- Boys
- 597 (50%)
- Girls
- 600 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1215 (99% full)
- SEND
- 19.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.6%
- EAL
- 13.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 18.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,049/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.7% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 75.9%
- White Other: 9.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Black African: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
75.9%
White British
9.6%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138474
- UKPRN
- 10038108
- Establishment No.
- 4063
- Trust
- SOUTH DOWNS LEARNING TRUST
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