Chailey School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 20 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
114594
Address
Mill Lane, South Chailey, BN8 4PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
840 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.2%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.1%
Unclassified 29.6%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 3.1%
Irish 0.5%
African 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.51
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE46
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
DanceGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE145
English LiteratureGCSE138
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chailey School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
220
2nd preference
177
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
178
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
22
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
88
79
Year 8
174
81
93
Year 9
173
90
83
Year 10
171
98
73
Year 11
155
79
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
31.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022