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Rye College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 40.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.85 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 36.8[5] 35%[5]
2023/24 36.3[3] 29%[3] -0.85[3]
2022/23 37.5[6] 34%[6] -0.55[6]
2021/22 43[7] 38%[7] -0.44[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
29 Jun 2023[8]
Type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit[8]
Report published
21 Jul 2023[8]

No graded judgements were published for this visit.

Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2023[8] S5 Inspection[8] Good[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
223 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
114 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
125 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 237[9] 132[9] 143[9] 1.7[9]
Entry Sept 2024 178[9] 98[9] 129[9] 1.4[9]
Entry Sept 2023 180[9] 100[9] 131[9] 1.4[9]
Entry Sept 2022 168[9] 101[9] 123[9] 1.4[9]

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
750[1]
Trust
AQUINAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
www.ryecollege.co.uk[1]
District
Rother[10]
Postcode
TN31 7NQ[1]
URN
146825[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
616 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
4.2% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
21.8% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
0.8% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.4% 2024/25[11]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.