Schools in Rother[1]

Local authority district E07000064 · 49 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 58 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%: 8 (14%)[4]
second 20%: 17 (29%)[4]
middle 20%: 19 (33%)[4]
fourth 20%: 12 (21%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 2 (3%)[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	10%[4]	19%[4]	28%[4]	26%[4]	17%[4]
Employment	19%[4]	29%[4]	31%[4]	16%[4]	5%[4]
Education and skills	19%[4]	22%[4]	40%[4]	14%[4]	5%[4]
Health and disability	12%[4]	22%[4]	41%[4]	19%[4]	5%[4]
Crime	12%[4]	9%[4]	22%[4]	29%[4]	28%[4]
Housing and services	57%[4]	16%[4]	26%[4]	2%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	19%[4]	24%[4]	16%[4]	21%[4]	21%[4]
Children in low-income families	14%[4]	26%[4]	33%[4]	19%[4]	9%[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: 72.7% of 42,100 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 29.9% of 79,500 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 12.2% of 79,512 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 (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bexhill High Academy	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Claverham Community College	11–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8]
Robertsbridge Community College	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Rye College	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
St Richard's Catholic College	11–16[2]

Primary schools (32)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill	2–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[9]
Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Beckley Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
Bodiam Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[9]
Brede Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[9]
Burwash CofE School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
Catsfield Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Chantry Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[9]
Crowhurst CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[9]
Dallington Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[9]
Etchingham Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Glenleigh Park Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[9]
Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[9]
Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
King Offa Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[9]
Little Common School	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Netherfield CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
Northiam Church of England Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Peasmarsh Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2023/24[10]
Pebsham Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[9]
Rye Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[9]
Salehurst Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[9]
Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[9]
St Michael's Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 0% 2024/25[9]
St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[9]
Staplecross Methodist Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
Stonegate Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[9]
Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[9]
Westfield School	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]

Independent schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Battle Abbey School	0–18[2]	AL B 2024/25[11]
Buckswood School	10–19[2]	AL C 2024/25[11]
Claremont School	1–19[2]	AL B- 2024/25[11]
Darvell School	4–16[2]
Marlborough House Vinehall School	2–14[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bricklehurst Manor School	7–16[2]
East Sussex Skills Academy	11–16[2]
Frewen College	10–19[2]
Glyne Gap School	2–19[2]
ISP School	7–18[2]
Mountfield Heath School	5–11[2]
St Mary's School and 6th Form College	5–19[2]

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