Peacehaven Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 3 2023 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
144661
Address
Greenwich Way, BN10 8RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
917 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.2%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.4%
Mixed 5%
Other White 4.8%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
African 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.38
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 31%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.2
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.19
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award2
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE53
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
DanceGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE145
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Peacehaven Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
96
91
Year 8
190
94
96
Year 9
183
87
96
Year 10
178
99
79
Year 11
179
81
98
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
39.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
31.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022