King's Academy Ringmer

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 12 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
144505
Address
Lewes Road, Ringmer, BN8 5RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
642 (55% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
1.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.6%
Unclassified 3.3%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 1.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 43
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.47
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE27
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
DanceGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE97
English LiteratureGCSE96
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE34
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

King's Academy Ringmer

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
188
3rd preference
131
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
124
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
90
59
Year 8
140
76
64
Year 9
140
75
65
Year 10
114
68
46
Year 11
99
47
52
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
72.0%
44.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
14.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
15.0%
24.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
3.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023