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Peacehaven Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 38 38.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
26.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.21 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 40.1[5] 32.8%[5]
2023/24 40.1[3] 30.2%[3] +0.21[3]
2022/23 38.2[6] 31%[6] -0.38[6]
2021/22 42.1[7] 41%[7] -0.36[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
40% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
34% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[8]
Employment
4% 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 93%[9] 3%[9] 38%[9] 41%[9] 3%[9] 7%[9]
2020/21 90%[10] 5%[10] 31%[10] 39%[10] 7%[10] 6%[10]
2019/20 90%[11] 4%[11] 34%[11] 46%[11] 3%[11] 2%[11]

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
3 Oct 2023[12]
Type
S5 Inspection[12]
Report published
12 Nov 2023[12]
Personal development
Good[12]
Quality of education
Good[12]
Overall effectiveness
Good[12]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[12]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[12]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[12]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Applications (any preference)
326 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences
176 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Places offered
176 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 386[13] 229[13] 173[13] 2.2[13] 1.3[13]
Entry Sept 2024 331[13] 218[13] 171[13] 1.9[13] 1.3[13]
Entry Sept 2023 378[13] 223[13] 174[13] 2.2[13] 1.3[13]
Entry Sept 2022 293[13] 185[13] 172[13] 1.7[13] 1.1[13]

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
890[1]
Trust
SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.phcs.org.uk/[1]
District
Lewes[14]
Postcode
BN10 8RB[1]
URN
144661[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
903 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language
2.8% 2024/25[15]
SEN support
12.2% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan
6.4% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23.5% 2024/25[15]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.7%[16]
Mixed
4.6%[16]
Asian
1.6%[16]
Black
0.7%[16]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[16]
Unclassified
1.2%[16]

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

  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: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.