The Eastbourne Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 24 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
136106
Address
Brodrick Road, Hampden Park, BN22 9RQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
835 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
13.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.2%
Persistent absence
38.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.5%
Mixed 8.6%
Other White 8.4%
African 2.8%
Unclassified 2.8%
Indian 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.2
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.88
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE45
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE169
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Eastbourne Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
88
76
Year 8
173
85
88
Year 9
177
96
81
Year 10
163
82
81
Year 11
158
84
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
61.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
5.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022