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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 11 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 29 |
Art & Design | Technical Award | 2 |
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 23 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 44 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 21 |
Biology | GCSE | 90 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 90 |
Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 17 |
Admissions
Ratton School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 239
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 213
- 2nd preference
- 261
- 3rd preference
- 167
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 164
- 2nd preference
- 56
- 3rd preference
- 19
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.8 |
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 |
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% |