The Turing School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 6 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
148179
Address
Larkspur Drive, BN23 8EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
731 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.5%
Persistent absence
39.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.2%
Unclassified 6.6%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 5.1%
Other Asian 1.8%
Other 1.5%
African 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.75
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.2
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.86
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award4
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Art & DesignGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE84
English LiteratureGCSE84
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE12
GeographyGCSE33
HistoryGCSE46
MathematicsGCSE84
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Turing School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
99
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
8
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
97
83
Year 8
159
76
83
Year 9
134
73
61
Year 10
129
67
62
Year 11
129
63
66
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
20.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022