The Cavendish School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN21 1UE
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Gildredge House
Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8AB
Local ranking9th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1232
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2023 A-levels · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 1 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 147
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.2
26.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 34.7
37
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.9% nat15.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 64
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1168
- Boys
- 552 (47%)
- Girls
- 617 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1232 (95% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.8%
- EAL
- 17.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,007/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
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.6%
- White Other: 8.9%
- Mixed Other: 8.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Other: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
63.6%
White British
8.9%
White Other
8.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Compton Place Road
Eastbourne, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 139796
- UKPRN
- 10042044
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- GILDREDGE HOUSE FREE SCHOOL
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