The South Downs School[1]
Special · ages 4–11
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 82 2018/19[3]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 84 2018/19[3]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[4]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 12 Nov 2024[8]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
- Report published
- 9 Dec 2024[8]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[8]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[8]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy special converter[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 160[1]
- Trust
- THE SOUTHFIELD TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- East Sussex[1]
- Website
- www.thesouthfieldtrust.com[1]
- District
- Eastbourne[10]
- Postcode
- BN20 8NU[1]
- URN
- 142745[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 178 2024/25[11]
- English as an additional language
- 9% 2024/25[11]
- SEN support
- 5.1% 2024/25[11]
- EHC plan
- 94.9% 2024/25[11]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 36.5% 2024/25[11]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 80.5%[12]
- Mixed
- 7.9%[12]
- Asian
- 4.3%[12]
- Black
- 1.8%[12]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4.3%[12]
- Unclassified
- 1.2%[12]
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: 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: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.