Ratton School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
- Distance
- 1.2km away
The Cavendish School
Eldon Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1UE
Local ranking1st of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1320
Capacity
2-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 28 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 174
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1372
- Boys
- 681 (49%)
- Girls
- 718 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1320 (106% full)
- SEND
- 11.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.6%
- EAL
- 8.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,577/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
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.6%
- White Other: 7.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
77.6%
White British
7.6%
White Other
2.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138475
- UKPRN
- 10038106
- Establishment No.
- 4064
- Trust
- CAVENDISH EDUCATION TRUST
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