Ratton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 22 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
138474
Address
Park Avenue, BN21 2XR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1177 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
13.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.2%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.8%
Other White 10.9%
Mixed 6.8%
African 1.6%
Other Asian 1.3%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
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 30%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.7
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.88
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Art & DesignTechnical Award2
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award23
Art & DesignGCSE44
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE90
ChemistryGCSE90
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ratton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
213
2nd preference
261
3rd preference
167
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
19
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
243
125
118
Year 8
231
113
118
Year 9
240
133
107
Year 10
240
122
118
Year 11
223
123
100
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
43.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022