The Turing School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 32 31.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 31.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 2.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.99 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	34.6[5]	27.2%[5]
2023/24	30[3]	17.2%[3]	-0.99[3]
2022/23	34.2[6]	20%[6]	-0.75[6]
2021/22	37.2[7]	33%[7]	-0.92[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 83% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 12% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 58% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 7% 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	89%[9]	2%[9]	20%[9]	57%[9]	6%[9]	3%[9]
2020/21	80%[10]	0%[10]	19%[10]	54%[10]	1%[10]	6%[10]

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: 10 Feb 2026[11]
Type: S5 Inspection[11]
Report published: 19 Apr 2026[11]
Inclusion: Needs attention[11]
Achievement: Needs attention[11]
Safeguarding standards: Met[11]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[11]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[11]
Leadership and governance: Needs attention[11]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[11]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
6 Jun 2023[12]	Academy First Section 5[12]	Requires improvement[12]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Applications (any preference): 203 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences: 81 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Places offered: 168 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences per place: 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[13]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	173[13]	78[13]	176[13]	1.0[13]	0.4[13]
Entry Sept 2024	195[13]	99[13]	181[13]	1.1[13]	0.5[13]
Entry Sept 2023	196[13]	88[13]	179[13]	1.1[13]	0.5[13]
Entry Sept 2022	173[13]	82[13]	177[13]	1.0[13]	0.5[13]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 945[1]
Trust: SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: East Sussex[1]
Website: https://www.theturingschool.org.uk [1]
District: Eastbourne [14]
Postcode: BN23 8EJ[1]
URN: 148179[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 765 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language: 7.6% 2024/25[15]
SEN support: 20.9% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan: 1.3% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 40.5% 2024/25[15]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 85.6%[16]
Mixed: 6.9%[16]
Asian: 2.9%[16]
Black: 2.5%[16]
Any other ethnic group: 1.7%[16]
Unclassified: 0.5%[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

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.