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Uckfield College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
43.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.27 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47[6] 46.2%[6]
2023/24 50[4] 48.5%[4] +0.27[4]
2022/23 50.1[7] 52%[7] +0.10[7]
2021/22 57.5[8] 68%[8] +0.51[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2023/24 B[10]
2022/23 B[11]
2021/22 B+[12]
2018/19 B-[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
16 Apr 2024[14]
Type
S5 Inspection[14]
Report published
9 Jun 2024[14]
Personal development
Outstanding[14]
Quality of education
Outstanding[14]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[14]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Oct 2022[15] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[15] No overall grade[15]
28 Mar 2017[16] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[16] No overall grade[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference)
513 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences
298 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered
267 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 535[17] 325[17] 266[17] 2.0[17]
Entry Sept 2024 421[17] 252[17] 266[17] 1.6[17]
Entry Sept 2023 454[17] 269[17] 265[17] 1.7[17]
Entry Sept 2022 397[17] 246[17] 260[17] 1.5[17]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[18]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1696[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.uckfield.college[1]
District
Wealden[19]
Postcode
TN22 3DJ[1]
URN
114590[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1602 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language
3.2% 2024/25[20]
SEN support
12.8% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan
1.4% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.8% 2024/25[20]

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. uckfield.college: uckfield.college — Admissions arrangements. Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The closing date for applications to be returned is 31st October 2026. (p. 1)
  19. 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.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.