Priory School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 8 2023 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
114598
Address
Mountfield Road, BN7 2XN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1154 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 5.6%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.3
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.84
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE42
Classical CivilisationGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE233
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Priory School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
226
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
138
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
204
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
42
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
118
120
Year 8
230
116
114
Year 9
229
123
106
Year 10
226
124
102
Year 11
231
123
108
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
66.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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