The Turing School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F31
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
St Catherine's College
Priory Road, Eastbourne, BN23 7BL
Local ranking12th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1040
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 19 November 2019. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1072
- Boys
- 541 (51%)
- Girls
- 523 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1040 (102% full)
- SEND
- 12.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.3%
- EAL
- 7.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,072/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- 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: 81.3%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Black African: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Other: 0.7%
81.3%
White British
6.0%
White Other
3.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Priory Road
Eastbourne, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 143035
- UKPRN
- 10057302
- Establishment No.
- 4610
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
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