Willingdon Community School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Eastbourne, BN20 9QX
- Distance
- 6.2km away
Hailsham Academy
Battle Road, Hailsham, BN27 1DT
Local ranking24th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: InadequateUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
2181
Capacity
2-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 March 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Hailsham Community College (URN 138472) since 1 September 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 22.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 46.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
20.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
42
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 20.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 103
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1615
- Boys
- 826 (52%)
- Girls
- 751 (48%)
- Capacity
- 2181 (72% full)
- SEND
- 10.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.3%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 8.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,357/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
- 12.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
89.8%
White British
2.7%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152097
- UKPRN
- 10099261
- Establishment No.
- 4012
- Trust
- MARK EDUCATION TRUST
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