Schools in Eastbourne[1]

Local authority district E07000061 · 32 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 60 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 11 (18%)[4]
second 20%: 20 (33%)[4]
middle 20%: 11 (18%)[4]
fourth 20%: 9 (15%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 9 (15%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	22%[4]	30%[4]	23%[4]	22%[4]	3%[4]
Employment	28%[4]	37%[4]	18%[4]	13%[4]	3%[4]
Education and skills	22%[4]	28%[4]	22%[4]	17%[4]	12%[4]
Health and disability	25%[4]	35%[4]	22%[4]	17%[4]	2%[4]
Crime	17%[4]	23%[4]	25%[4]	17%[4]	18%[4]
Housing and services	5%[4]	17%[4]	23%[4]	12%[4]	43%[4]
Living environment	10%[4]	10%[4]	20%[4]	23%[4]	37%[4]
Children in low-income families	23%[4]	37%[4]	22%[4]	13%[4]	5%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 59.7% of 45,618 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 29.8% of 84,575 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.0% of 84,571 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Gildredge House	4–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8] KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
Ratton School	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
St Catherine's College	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
The Cavendish School	2–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] KS2 82% 2024/25[9]
The Eastbourne Academy	11–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8]
The Turing School	11–16[2]	A8 32 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (18)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bourne Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[9]
Heron Park Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 41% 2024/25[9]
Langney Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
Motcombe Infants' School	5–7[2]
Oakwood Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
Ocklynge Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
Parkland Infant School	5–7[2]
Parkland Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Pashley Down Infant School	4–7[2]
Roselands Infants' School	4–7[2]
Shinewater Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
St Andrew's Church of England Infants School	2–7[2]
St John's Meads Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[9]
St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]
Stafford Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
Tollgate Community Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
West Rise Primary School and Nursery	4–11[2]

Independent schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bede's Prep School	0–13[2]
Eastbourne College	12–19[2]	AL B+ 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's Prep	0–14[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Anderida Learning Centre	11–18[2]
Hazel Court School	11–19[2]
Summerdown School	3–16[2]
The Lindfield School	11–16[2]
The South Downs School	4–11[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.