Ratton School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 45.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 45.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 45.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.10 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	43[5]	43.2%[5]
2023/24	41.4[3]	35.7%[3]	-0.10[3]
2022/23	45.7[6]	43%[6]	+0.08[6]
2021/22	49.9[7]	46%[7]	+0.31[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 2% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 23% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 60% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[9]	2%[9]	29%[9]	57%[9]	2%[9]	5%[9]
2020/21	93%[10]	4%[10]	43%[10]	40%[10]	2%[10]	4%[10]
2019/20	95%[11]	1%[11]	21%[11]	68%[11]	2%[11]	3%[11]
2018/19	94%[12]	4%[12]	22%[12]	60%[12]	4%[12]	4%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 19 May 2026[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 7 Jul 2026[13]
Inclusion: Expected standard[13]
Achievement: Expected standard[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[13]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
21 Jun 2022[14]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
6 Jun 2017[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 644 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 217 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 237 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	663[16]	193[16]	241[16]	2.8[16]	0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2024	641[16]	213[16]	239[16]	2.7[16]	0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2023	581[16]	184[16]	243[16]	2.4[16]	0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2022	520[16]	147[16]	234[16]	2.2[16]	0.6[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1215[1]
Trust: SOUTH DOWNS LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: East Sussex[1]
Website: http://www.ratton.e-sussex.sch.uk/[1]
District: Eastbourne [17]
Postcode: BN21 2XR[1]
URN: 138474[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1197 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 13.5% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 18.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 1.3% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 26.7% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 84.4%[19]
Mixed: 7.9%[19]
Asian: 3.6%[19]
Black: 2.7%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 0.6%[19]
Unclassified: 0.8%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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.
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: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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