Each school coloured by Value Added v2.1 for all pupils; choose another measure, including absence against intake, from the menu. Circle size is the school’s roll; hover for every group’s value added, absence against intake, the published v1 figure, and Ofsted.
East Sussex
Value Added v2.1 for East Sussex’s secondary schools.
NoteAbout this page
Value Added v2.1 for East Sussex’s state-funded secondary schools, 2021/22 to 2024/25, measured against England (see the method), with the analyses of the original Sussex document refitted on the v2.1 model. Built from published DfE and Ofsted data; nothing uses pupil-level records.
Summary
- 26 schools, with value added for all pupils averaging +0.0 points against England: 8 significantly above expectation and 8 below.
- Disadvantaged pupils -0.7, non-disadvantaged +0.1; girls -0.2, boys +0.2.
- Strongest: Priory School (+4.8). Weakest: The St Leonards Academy (-5.5).
- Absence runs 0.4 points above what the intake predicts on average over 2021/22 to 2024/25 (53rd highest of 152 authorities); 7 schools more than a point above.
- 5 of 26 schools add value with attendance at or better than their intake predicts; 6 add value despite worse attendance, and 10 are below expectation with worse attendance (value added and attendance).
- The authority’s own effect is +0.6% (66th of 152) for all pupils, +0.2% (74th) for disadvantaged pupils and +0.9% (56th) for non-disadvantaged pupils.
- District effects on the v2.1 model (Hastings for all pupils (-5.0%), Lewes for all pupils (+5.2%), Hastings for disadvantaged pupils (-5.4%), Wealden for disadvantaged pupils (+4.4%), Hastings for non-disadvantaged pupils (-3.6%), Lewes for non-disadvantaged pupils (+4.7%) and Hastings for absence (+8.2%)) disappear once each school’s own record is counted: they belong to schools, not places.
- Suspensions: 28.0 episodes per 100 pupils (England 21.2); 8.8 pupils per 100 suspended at least once (England 7.3). Reduced timetables run at 1.3 times the national rate.
- Trusts that stand out nationally on v2.1: Ark Schools (all pupils +3.6%, disadvantaged pupils +4.5% and absence -9.0%) and United Learning Trust (all pupils +7.3% and disadvantaged pupils +8.6%).
- Latest Ofsted: 6 report cards, 5 inspections with no overall grade, 9 graded inspections and 6 ungraded visits only.
- 2025/26, provisional: value added for all pupils averages +0.5 points across the area’s schools on DfE’s provisional results. This will be updated with the revised release in February 2027.
The schools
| School | District | All pupils | Disadv. | Non-disadv. | Girls | Boys | Absence vs intake | 2025/26 (provisional) | v1 | Ofsted latest | Run by (2024/25) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory School | Lewes | +4.8 (+2.7 to +7.0) | -1.9 | +5.6 | +4.3 | +4.7 | +1.5 | +3.9 | +5.0 | Remains Good (Nov 2023, ungraded visit) | Maintained by the council |
| Beacon Academy | Wealden | +4.3 (+2.2 to +6.6) | +4.8 | +3.6 | +4.3 | +3.7 | +0.8 | +1.8 | +3.0 | Outstanding (Apr 2024) | Mark Education Trust |
| King's Academy Ringmer | Lewes | +3.6 (+1.6 to +5.6) | +4.1 | +2.8 | +2.6 | +3.7 | -1.2 | +7.3 | +5.3 | Standards maintained (Nov 2024, ungraded visit) | King's Group Academies |
| Seahaven Academy | Lewes | +3.2 (+1.5 to +5.0) | +2.6 | +2.7 | +1.2 | +4.6 | +3.2 | +5.2 | +3.1 | Report card (Nov 2025): achievement Expected standard, curriculum and teaching Expected standard | United Learning Trust |
| Uckfield College | Wealden | +3.1 (+1.0 to +5.3) | -0.5 | +3.1 | +3.0 | +2.9 | +1.6 | +1.7 | +1.4 | Outstanding (Apr 2024) | Maintained by the council |
| St Richard's Catholic College | Rother | +2.9 (+0.4 to +5.4) | +1.2 | +3.3 | +2.9 | +1.8 | -1.6 | +3.9 | Good (Oct 2021) | Maintained by the council | |
| Seaford Head School | Lewes | +2.8 (+0.7 to +5.0) | +1.8 | +2.5 | +1.6 | +3.2 | -0.4 | +4.2 | +0.6 | Remains Outstanding (Nov 2023, ungraded visit) | Seaford Learning Trust |
| Heathfield Community College | Wealden | +2.2 (+0.1 to +4.4) | +4.8 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +2.8 | +0.8 | +3.7 | +2.2 | Good (May 2023) | Maintained by the council |
| St Catherine's College | Eastbourne | +1.1 (-0.9 to +3.2) | +1.9 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +1.5 | +0.8 | -0.6 | +1.3 | Good (Nov 2019); Standards maintained (May 2025) | Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust |
| Peacehaven Community School | Lewes | +1.1 (-0.6 to +2.8) | -1.4 | +1.7 | +0.4 | +1.3 | -0.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | Good (Oct 2023) | Swale Academies Trust |
| Claverham Community College | Rother | +1.0 (-1.1 to +3.2) | +0.3 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +1.2 | -1.7 | -0.2 | +1.0 | Remains Good (Improving) (Apr 2024, ungraded visit) | Maintained by the council |
| Uplands Academy | Wealden | -0.5 (-2.4 to +1.5) | +2.4 | -1.6 | +0.5 | -1.4 | +0.1 | -0.7 | -0.9 | Standards maintained (Jan 2025, ungraded visit) | Mark Education Trust |
| Rye College | Rother | -0.7 (-2.3 to +0.9) | -2.2 | -0.2 | -1.2 | -0.1 | +2.5 | -0.3 | -1.6 | Good (Jan 2023) | Aquinas Church of England Education Trust |
| Ratton School | Eastbourne | -0.8 (-2.7 to +1.2) | -2.4 | -0.7 | +0.2 | -1.5 | -0.9 | +3.4 | -0.7 | Report card (May 2026): achievement Expected standard, curriculum and teaching Expected standard | South Downs Learning Trust |
| The Eastbourne Academy | Eastbourne | -1.1 (-2.5 to +0.5) | -0.5 | -1.3 | -1.0 | -0.7 | +0.8 | +2.9 | -0.0 | No overall grade (Jan 2025): quality of education Inadequate | Swale Academies Trust |
| The Cavendish School | Eastbourne | -1.4 (-3.5 to +0.8) | -0.0 | -1.7 | -0.4 | -2.1 | -2.7 | -3.9 | +0.3 | No overall grade (Jan 2025): quality of education Outstanding | Cavendish Education Trust |
| Chailey School | Lewes | -1.5 (-3.6 to +0.7) | -4.5 | -1.2 | -3.5 | +0.3 | -1.2 | -1.4 | -1.1 | Report card (Feb 2026): achievement Expected standard, curriculum and teaching Expected standard | Maintained by the council |
| The Turing School | Eastbourne | -1.6 (-3.0 to -0.1) | -2.7 | -0.0 | -1.1 | -1.8 | +2.9 | -3.2 | -0.9 | Report card (Feb 2026): achievement Needs attention, curriculum and teaching Needs attention | Swale Academies Trust |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | Hastings | -1.6 (-3.3 to +0.1) | -2.9 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -2.2 | +0.1 | -0.4 | -1.9 | Report card (Jun 2026): achievement Strong standard, curriculum and teaching Strong standard | Ark Schools |
| Bexhill High Academy | Rother | -2.0 (-3.7 to -0.3) | -2.6 | -1.8 | -2.4 | -1.4 | +0.5 | -0.0 | -1.6 | No overall grade (May 2025): quality of education Good | Single-academy trust |
| Robertsbridge Community College | Rother | -2.2 (-4.0 to -0.4) | -0.9 | -3.1 | -0.1 | -3.4 | +0.8 | -1.3 | Inadequate (Apr 2024) | Maintained by the council | |
| Willingdon Community School | Wealden | -2.3 (-4.3 to -0.2) | -3.1 | -1.9 | -2.8 | -1.4 | -2.1 | -1.9 | -2.3 | Remains Good (Jun 2023, ungraded visit) | Maintained by the council |
| Gildredge House | Eastbourne | -2.7 (-4.7 to -0.7) | -5.7 | -1.7 | -3.8 | -1.4 | -2.3 | +0.3 | -2.1 | No overall grade (Oct 2024): quality of education Good | Single-academy trust |
| The Hastings Academy | Hastings | -2.9 (-4.3 to -1.3) | -2.1 | -2.5 | -2.6 | -2.4 | +3.4 | -5.6 | -3.5 | Report card (Jan 2026): achievement Needs attention, curriculum and teaching Expected standard | University of Brighton Academies Trust |
| Hailsham Community College | Wealden | -3.1 (-4.7 to -1.5) | -3.1 | -3.5 | -2.9 | -3.1 | +0.8 | -2.5 | Inadequate (Mar 2023) | Academy, trust not recorded | |
| The St Leonards Academy | Hastings | -5.5 (-6.9 to -4.1) | -5.4 | -4.9 | -5.4 | -4.7 | +3.9 | -6.0 | -5.3 | No overall grade (Jan 2025): quality of education Inadequate | University of Brighton Academies Trust |
Who runs them
Value added and attendance
Two questions, kept apart. Does the school add value? Value Added v2.1 answers that with absence allowed for: a school with more absence is expected to score lower, so it is judged on what it achieves given its attendance. Does it hold attendance? Absence against intake answers that: how far its absence runs above or below what pupils like its own would predict. The chart sets one against the other. Neither contains the other, so the four corners mean what they say.
Of 26 schools, 5 add value with attendance at or better than their intake predicts, and 6 add value despite worse attendance. 10 are below expectation with worse attendance, and 5 are below expectation despite attendance at or better than predicted. Across England the two are close to independent (correlation -0.07; -0.09 across East Sussex’s schools). Adding value and holding attendance are different things, and plenty of schools do one without the other.
Value added with no allowance for absence. The map also offers value added from the model without its absence term. It does not excuse a school its absence: for every percentage point its absence runs above what its intake predicts, it loses about 1.1 Attainment 8 points against Value Added v2.1. It is the two axes above folded into one number, so it belongs on the map, not on this chart, where it would contain the absence it is plotted against. St Catherine’s College shows the difference: above expectation on Value Added v2.1 (+1.1), below it with no allowance for absence (-0.3), because absence runs +0.8 points above what the intake predicts. See the methodology.
Value added allowing for the kind of absence. The map also offers value added with the illness share of absence in the expectation: where more of a school’s absence is illness, the same absence is expected to cost less. It is published beside Value Added v2.1, not in it, because what is authorised as illness is partly the school’s own coding (methodology). Across East Sussex’s schools the two agree at 1.00; no school moves by as much as half a point.
| School | District | Value added v2.1 | Absence vs intake | No allowance for absence | Run by (2024/25) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furthest above | |||||
| Priory School | Lewes | +4.8 | +1.5 | +3.1 | Maintained by the council |
| Beacon Academy | Wealden | +4.3 | +0.8 | +3.0 | Mark Education Trust |
| King's Academy Ringmer | Lewes | +3.6 | -1.2 | +4.3 | King's Group Academies |
| Seahaven Academy | Lewes | +3.2 | +3.2 | +0.7 | United Learning Trust |
| Uckfield College | Wealden | +3.1 | +1.6 | +0.9 | Maintained by the council |
| St Richard's Catholic College | Rother | +2.9 | -1.6 | +5.4 | Maintained by the council |
| Seaford Head School | Lewes | +2.8 | -0.4 | +2.9 | Seaford Learning Trust |
| Heathfield Community College | Wealden | +2.2 | +0.8 | +0.7 | Maintained by the council |
| Furthest below | |||||
| Ark Alexandra Academy | Hastings | -1.6 | +0.1 | -2.5 | Ark Schools |
| Bexhill High Academy | Rother | -2.0 | +0.5 | -3.3 | Single-academy trust |
| Robertsbridge Community College | Rother | -2.2 | +0.8 | -4.0 | Maintained by the council |
| Willingdon Community School | Wealden | -2.3 | -2.1 | -0.2 | Maintained by the council |
| Gildredge House | Eastbourne | -2.7 | -2.3 | -0.5 | Single-academy trust |
| The Hastings Academy | Hastings | -2.9 | +3.4 | -5.8 | University of Brighton Academies Trust |
| Hailsham Community College | Wealden | -3.1 | +0.8 | -4.7 | Academy, trust not recorded |
| The St Leonards Academy | Hastings | -5.5 | +3.9 | -9.5 | University of Brighton Academies Trust |
What East Sussex’s schools add, and what absence takes away
Value added already counts absence as part of a school’s context, so what absence moves and what the school moves are separate quantities rather than one counted twice. Below, the blue bar is what this area’s absence is worth against the England average of 8.6% in 2024/25, run through the national gradient; the purple bar is the area’s mean value added, which is measured against England already. The diamond is the two together. Absence here is full-year absence in 2024/25, the mean of schools; value added covers 2021/22 to 2024/25. How the bars are computed from the model is set out in the methodology.
East Sussex’s schools ran at 9.7% absence in 2024/25 against England’s 8.6%, which on the national gradient is worth -1.2 Attainment 8 points. Their mean value added is +0.0, so the two together leave the area -1.2 points against England. The schools are pulling against their attendance, and recovering 0% of it.
For disadvantaged pupils the same absence is worth -1.4 points of their Attainment 8 (mean 38.4), against -1.1 for non-disadvantaged pupils (mean 50.3) and -1.2 for pupils as a whole (47.5): the gradient is 77% steeper for them than for non-disadvantaged pupils, so wherever attendance is the problem it is a sharper problem for the pupils with least room to absorb it.
The gradient is associational. It says what schools with this much absence look like once intake is accounted for, not what this area would gain by changing it.
How East Sussex compares
| Measure | East Sussex | West Sussex | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8, all pupils | 43.8 (120th) | 46.4 | 45.5 | 46.8 |
| Attainment 8, disadvantaged | 33.0 (135th) | 33.5 | 33.9 | 37.7 |
| Attainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 47.5 (118th) | 48.9 | 49.6 | 49.9 |
| Disadvantage gap (points) | 14.5 (29th) | 15.4 | 15.7 | 12.2 |
| Disadvantaged (FSM6) % | 25.5 (89th) | 17.1 | 28.8 | 28.4 |
| Overall absence % | 9.7 (27th) | 8.7 | 11.3 | 8.6 |
| Persistent absence % | 26.4 (31st) | 23.9 | 30.6 | 23.9 |
| Mean KS2 (centred) | 3.79 (112th) | 4.26 | 4.71 | 4.47 |
| EAL % | 6.3 (130th) | 11.0 | 13.0 | 18.4 |
| Value added v2.1, all pupils | +0.0 | -0.3 | +1.4 | 0.0 |
| Value added v2.1, disadvantaged | -0.7 | -1.7 | +0.4 | 0.0 |
| Value added v2.1, non-disadvantaged | +0.1 | -0.4 | +1.5 | 0.0 |
| Absence against intake (pp) | +0.4 | -0.3 | +1.7 | 0.0 |
What explains attainment in East Sussex
| Factor | All pupils | Disadvantaged | Non-disadvantaged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absence | -1.23 | -1.35 | -1.01 |
| Prior attainment (KS2) | -0.86 | -0.54 | -0.78 |
| English as an additional language | -0.41 | -0.80 | -0.41 |
| Neighbourhood education | -0.22 | -0.06 | -0.24 |
| Place (region and local authority) | -0.15 | -1.20 | +0.06 |
| Single-sex school | -0.14 | -0.16 | -0.13 |
| Pupil mobility | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| Special educational needs | -0.02 | +0.05 | -0.02 |
| Unexplained (school) | +0.02 | +0.01 | +0.04 |
| Disadvantage | +0.09 | -0.06 | +0.05 |
| Other model terms | +0.17 | -0.27 | +0.11 |
| School stops at 16 | +0.18 | +0.17 | +0.21 |
For all pupils, East Sussex is 2.6 points below England. The pieces of at least a quarter of a point:
- absence (-1.23);
- prior attainment (KS2) (-0.86);
- English as an additional language (-0.41);
- region (-0.40);
- and the schools themselves (+0.02).
For disadvantaged pupils, East Sussex is 4.2 points below England. The pieces of at least a quarter of a point:
- absence (-1.35);
- region (-1.23);
- English as an additional language (-0.80);
- prior attainment (KS2) (-0.54);
- admissions (selection) (-0.28);
- and the schools themselves (+0.01).
For non-disadvantaged pupils, East Sussex is 2.1 points below England. The pieces of at least a quarter of a point:
- absence (-1.01);
- prior attainment (KS2) (-0.78);
- local authority (+0.46);
- English as an additional language (-0.41);
- region (-0.40);
- and the schools themselves (+0.04).
Place: authorities and districts
Brighton and Hove’s large authority effect is almost all an absence effect: the city’s schools attain what similar intakes attain elsewhere, despite unusually high, mostly illness, absence. See Geographical effects: Brighton and Hove.
The district test adds a district level to the v2.1 model, with and without each school’s own record. An effect that disappears once schools are counted belongs to particular schools; one that survives is something the district’s schools share.
Without each school’s own record: Hastings for all pupils (-5.0%), Lewes for all pupils (+5.2%), Hastings for disadvantaged pupils (-5.4%), Wealden for disadvantaged pupils (+4.4%), Hastings for non-disadvantaged pupils (-3.6%), Lewes for non-disadvantaged pupils (+4.7%) and Hastings for absence (+8.2%). With it, none remains: the differences belong to particular schools, not to the districts as places.
| District | Schools | All pupils | Disadvantaged | Non-disadvantaged | Girls | Boys | Absence vs intake | Above / below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne | 6 | -1.1 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0 / 2 |
| Hastings | 3 | -3.3 | -3.5 | -2.7 | -3.0 | -3.1 | +2.5 | 0 / 2 |
| Lewes | 6 | +2.3 | +0.1 | +2.3 | +1.1 | +3.0 | +0.2 | 4 / 0 |
| Rother | 5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.4 | +0.1 | 1 / 2 |
| Wealden | 6 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.3 | 3 / 2 |
Trusts
The v2.1 model with a multi-academy trust level, allowing for each school’s own record and for how it came to be an academy, so trusts that take on struggling schools are not penalised for it. Nationally a trust moves results by about 3.0%, and absence by about 6.5%.
The disadvantaged gap, and girls and boys
Of 26 schools:
- 8 are above expectation for both disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils.
- 2 are above expectation for non-disadvantaged pupils but more than a point below it for disadvantaged ones: the gap schools.
- 4 have girls’ and boys’ value added more than two points apart.
| School | Disadvantaged | Non-disadvantaged | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gap schools: above for non-disadvantaged, more than a point below for disadvantaged | |||
| Priory School | -1.9 | +5.6 | +7.5 |
| Peacehaven Community School | -1.4 | +1.7 | +3.2 |
| Above expectation for both groups | |||
| Beacon Academy | +4.8 | +3.6 | -1.3 |
| Heathfield Community College | +4.8 | +1.2 | -3.5 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +4.1 | +2.8 | -1.3 |
| Seahaven Academy | +2.6 | +2.7 | +0.1 |
| St Catherine's College | +1.9 | +0.4 | -1.5 |
| Seaford Head School | +1.8 | +2.5 | +0.7 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +1.2 | +3.3 | +2.2 |
| Claverham Community College | +0.3 | +1.1 | +0.8 |
| School | Girls | Boys | Boys minus girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chailey School | -3.5 | +0.3 | +3.7 |
| Seahaven Academy | +1.2 | +4.6 | +3.5 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | -0.1 | -3.4 | -3.3 |
| Gildredge House | -3.8 | -1.4 | +2.5 |
Absence
- 8.9% absence in autumn and spring 2025/26 (9.2% a year earlier), against 8.0% for England. These are all sessions together, so a large school counts for more than a small one; the full-year 2024/25 figures in what absence takes away are a mean of schools.
- Against its intake, on the v2.1 intake terms, the area’s schools ran 0.37 points above what their pupils’ profiles predict over 2021/22 to 2024/25 (West Sussex -0.28 and Brighton and Hove +1.67).
- 7 schools run more than a point above their predictions: the top of the table below.
- 7 schools run more than a point below: the foot of the table.
| School | Absence % | Predicted by intake % | Above prediction | Illness | Unauthorised | Reduced timetable | Suspended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The St Leonards Academy | 14.2 | 10.3 | +3.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.20 | 0.09 |
| The Hastings Academy | 15.0 | 11.5 | +3.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.03 | 0.39 |
| Seahaven Academy | 13.9 | 10.6 | +3.2 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| The Turing School | 14.3 | 11.4 | +2.9 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 0.09 | 0.95 |
| Rye College | 13.3 | 10.8 | +2.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 0.13 | 0.29 |
| Uckfield College | 10.2 | 8.7 | +1.6 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 1.01 | 0.24 |
| Priory School | 10.9 | 9.4 | +1.5 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 0.17 | 0.30 |
| Beacon Academy | 9.6 | 8.8 | +0.8 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 0.40 | 0.12 |
| Heathfield Community College | 9.6 | 8.8 | +0.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 0.32 | 0.11 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | 11.3 | 10.5 | +0.8 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 0.59 | 0.45 |
| St Catherine's College | 9.3 | 8.5 | +0.8 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.61 | 0.34 |
| Hailsham Community College | 11.0 | 10.2 | +0.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.55 | 0.50 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | 12.2 | 11.4 | +0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.22 | 1.28 |
| Bexhill High Academy | 10.6 | 10.1 | +0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 0.59 | 0.15 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 10.5 | 10.4 | +0.1 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.11 | 0.62 |
| Uplands Academy | 9.9 | 9.8 | +0.1 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.73 | 0.24 |
| Seaford Head School | 8.4 | 8.9 | -0.4 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 0.24 | 0.01 |
| Peacehaven Community School | 10.5 | 11.3 | -0.8 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.24 | 0.17 |
| Ratton School | 8.2 | 9.1 | -0.9 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 0.42 | 0.33 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | 9.7 | 10.8 | -1.2 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 0.25 | 0.55 |
| Chailey School | 7.4 | 8.6 | -1.2 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.39 | 0.10 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | 5.9 | 7.5 | -1.6 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| Claverham Community College | 7.3 | 9.0 | -1.7 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.30 | 0.18 |
| Willingdon Community School | 6.8 | 8.8 | -2.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.34 | 0.14 |
| Gildredge House | 6.6 | 8.9 | -2.3 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.33 | 0.04 |
| The Cavendish School | 6.1 | 8.8 | -2.7 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
What goes with absence here
The national absence analysis models seven kinds of absence in every secondary school in England, using autumn and spring 2025/26 and the January 2026 census. Here it is applied to East Sussex’s 23 schools with full data. It compares them with England, with Sussex, the South East, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.
- Overall, East Sussex’s schools have 13% more absence than England’s average school. Once their intake is allowed for, the difference is +3%.
- By kind, against England (in brackets, once intake is allowed for): illness is 19% higher (9% higher), unauthorised absence 18% higher (2% higher), and severe absence 34% higher (4% higher).
- What pushes absence up most here, against England, is ethnicity and language (+8% overall). What holds it down most is poverty (-1%). For illness, the biggest push is ethnicity and language (+6%).
- East Sussex’s own effect, after intake: illness +10% (30th of 152 authorities), unauthorised +0% (83rd).
- 10 schools run more than a point above the absence their intake predicts: the top of the table below.
- Bexhill High Academy, The Cavendish School, The St Leonards Academy and The Hastings Academy run more than a point below.
| School | Overall | Above prediction | Illness | Unauthorised | Severe (50%+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory School | 11.8 (8.4) | +3.4 | 6.8 (4.3) | 3.5 (2.6) | 6.7 (3.9) |
| Seahaven Academy | 12.9 (9.9) | +3.0 | 4.6 (3.8) | 5.7 (4.5) | 9.2 (5.5) |
| The Turing School | 12.4 (10.6) | +1.8 | 3.5 (3.7) | 7.3 (5.5) | 8.2 (6.3) |
| Heathfield Community College | 9.6 (7.7) | +1.8 | 4.4 (4.5) | 3.8 (2.0) | 4.6 (3.2) |
| The Eastbourne Academy | 12.5 (11.1) | +1.5 | 3.6 (3.5) | 5.6 (6.4) | 8.7 (7.0) |
| Ratton School | 9.8 (8.5) | +1.3 | 4.7 (3.7) | 3.6 (3.4) | 4.7 (4.3) |
| Seaford Head School | 9.2 (7.9) | +1.3 | 4.8 (4.0) | 3.4 (2.5) | 4.4 (3.5) |
| Beacon Academy | 9.0 (7.8) | +1.2 | 4.5 (4.5) | 3.3 (2.1) | 4.7 (3.6) |
| King's Academy Ringmer | 9.9 (8.7) | +1.2 | 5.8 (4.3) | 2.0 (2.6) | 4.7 (4.3) |
| Uckfield College | 9.5 (8.5) | +1.0 | 5.3 (4.8) | 2.1 (2.4) | 5.4 (4.0) |
| St Catherine's College | 8.5 (7.7) | +0.7 | 4.2 (3.7) | 2.4 (2.6) | 3.5 (3.3) |
| Peacehaven Community School | 10.1 (9.5) | +0.6 | 4.6 (4.4) | 3.9 (3.5) | 5.8 (5.5) |
| Rye College | 10.3 (9.9) | +0.4 | 4.6 (4.0) | 4.0 (3.9) | 5.2 (5.2) |
| Chailey School | 7.4 (7.4) | +0.0 | 3.8 (4.4) | 2.5 (1.8) | 2.5 (2.8) |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 7.1 (7.6) | -0.5 | 3.7 (3.5) | 2.1 (2.8) | 2.2 (3.2) |
| Claverham Community College | 7.2 (7.8) | -0.5 | 3.8 (4.2) | 2.0 (2.2) | 3.0 (3.2) |
| Uplands Academy | 8.3 (8.8) | -0.6 | 4.1 (4.3) | 2.2 (2.6) | 5.5 (4.2) |
| Gildredge House | 6.9 (7.6) | -0.7 | 4.7 (3.9) | 1.2 (2.4) | 2.0 (3.2) |
| Willingdon Community School | 7.7 (8.6) | -0.9 | 4.0 (4.2) | 2.3 (2.7) | 2.7 (3.9) |
| Bexhill High Academy | 8.1 (9.6) | -1.5 | 3.1 (3.8) | 3.9 (4.0) | 4.2 (5.2) |
| The Cavendish School | 5.3 (7.0) | -1.6 | 3.0 (3.7) | 1.6 (2.1) | 1.8 (2.9) |
| The St Leonards Academy | 7.0 (10.2) | -3.1 | 3.1 (3.4) | 3.2 (5.3) | 1.7 (5.8) |
| The Hastings Academy | 6.9 (10.7) | -3.8 | 3.8 (3.5) | 2.1 (5.7) | 1.9 (6.2) |
For heads and governors
The national page sets out what the school’s part in absence is. In short:
- Who runs a school, its size and its religious character make little difference to absence once intake is allowed for.
- Schools with the same intake can differ a great deal, and the differences persist from year to year.
The table compares each of East Sussex’s schools with similar schools in its own authority, in 2024/25 and 2025/26. Click a school to open it in Find a twin, which finds its look-alikes across England, and the look-alikes that do much better.
- 5 schools have unauthorised absence more than 20% above similar schools in both years. That is the pattern worth asking about.
- The Hastings Academy, Gildredge House and The Cavendish School have unauthorised absence more than 20% below similar schools in both years. What they do may be worth sharing.
| School | Overall 24/25 | Overall 25/26 | Unauthorised 24/25 | Unauthorised 25/26 | Severe 24/25 | Severe 25/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield Community College | +27% | +21% | +90% | +96% | +39% | +50% |
| Beacon Academy | +8% | +14% | +26% | +61% | +0% | +34% |
| Chailey School | -15% | -1% | +30% | +47% | -9% | -7% |
| Priory School | +31% | +37% | +34% | +40% | +45% | +76% |
| Seaford Head School | -1% | +14% | +3% | +39% | -5% | +30% |
| The Turing School | +31% | +15% | +25% | +39% | +37% | +35% |
| Seahaven Academy | +14% | +29% | +18% | +32% | +43% | +75% |
| Peacehaven Community School | +9% | +5% | +10% | +19% | +21% | +9% |
| Ratton School | -4% | +14% | -1% | +11% | -24% | +13% |
| Rye College | +23% | +3% | +31% | +6% | +26% | +5% |
| Bexhill High Academy | -13% | -16% | +23% | +1% | -11% | -16% |
| St Catherine's College | +2% | +8% | -11% | -3% | +16% | +11% |
| Claverham Community College | -17% | -8% | -11% | -6% | -9% | -1% |
| Uckfield College | +20% | +10% | +21% | -6% | +70% | +41% |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -15% | +11% | -25% | -8% | -27% | +29% |
| Willingdon Community School | -20% | -11% | -21% | -9% | -30% | -26% |
| Uplands Academy | -3% | -8% | -5% | -11% | -3% | +34% |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +2% | +12% | -3% | -20% | +28% | +14% |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | +8% | -8% | +3% | -21% | +41% | -28% |
| The Cavendish School | -17% | -24% | -22% | -21% | -27% | -35% |
| The St Leonards Academy | +0% | -32% | -11% | -36% | -36% | -68% |
| Gildredge House | -20% | -11% | -46% | -42% | -54% | -34% |
| The Hastings Academy | -9% | -36% | -41% | -60% | -16% | -68% |
Suspensions were 28.0 episodes per 100 pupils in 2024/25, against 21.2 for England. One pupil can be suspended several times: 8.8 pupils per 100 were suspended at least once, about 3.2 times each, against 7.3 per 100 and 2.9 times in England. Reduced timetables take 0.39% of sessions, 1.3 times England’s rate.
| School | Pupils | Suspension episodes per 100 | Pupils suspended per 100 | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hastings Academy | 808 | 89.9 | 20.4 | 8 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 1431 | 74.7 | 19.8 | 2 |
| The St Leonards Academy | 1322 | 73.7 | 19.4 | 0 |
| Uplands Academy | 736 | 53.4 | 14.7 | 1 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | 800 | 48.9 | 13.8 | 6 |
| Seahaven Academy | 745 | 47.9 | 13.6 | 4 |
| St Catherine's College | 1072 | 44.1 | 12.2 | 1 |
| The Turing School | 765 | 34.0 | 9.9 | 1 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | 642 | 32.7 | 9.8 | 4 |
| Rye College | 616 | 29.1 | 12.0 | 2 |
| Uckfield College | 1602 | 26.8 | 7.6 | 1 |
| Bexhill High Academy | 1454 | 26.0 | 8.8 | 3 |
| Ratton School | 1197 | 22.9 | 8.6 | 0 |
| Priory School | 1163 | 22.5 | 8.1 | 0 |
| Hailsham Community College | 1615 | 19.4 | 8.5 | 1 |
| Willingdon Community School | 1093 | 17.3 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Claverham Community College | 1148 | 16.7 | 7.1 | 1 |
| Heathfield Community College | 1437 | 14.9 | 6.2 | 2 |
| Beacon Academy | 1662 | 14.5 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Peacehaven Community School | 903 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 1 |
| Chailey School | 855 | 12.2 | 5.8 | 0 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | 1033 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 0 |
| The Cavendish School | 1372 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Gildredge House | 1168 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 0 |
| Seaford Head School | 1448 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | 733 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| School | Absence % | Gain, all pupils | Gain, disadvantaged |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Turing School | 15.0 | +4.8 | +4.4 |
| Priory School | 12.1 | +3.8 | +3.0 |
| Seahaven Academy | 12.6 | +3.8 | +4.4 |
| Rye College | 12.9 | +3.6 | +3.7 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | 12.3 | +3.5 | +3.7 |
| Peacehaven Community School | 11.2 | +2.6 | +2.6 |
| Heathfield Community College | 10.5 | +2.4 | +3.2 |
| Uckfield College | 10.6 | +2.3 | +1.7 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | 10.8 | +2.1 | +2.6 |
| The St Leonards Academy | 11.1 | +2.0 | +2.2 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | 10.0 | +1.7 | +1.6 |
| The Hastings Academy | 10.2 | +1.6 | +1.7 |
| Hailsham Community College | 10.0 | +1.3 | +1.5 |
| Beacon Academy | 9.1 | +0.7 | +0.8 |
| Ratton School | 9.1 | +0.6 | +0.6 |
| Uplands Academy | 9.0 | +0.5 | +0.6 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 8.9 | +0.4 | +0.5 |
| Bexhill High Academy | 8.9 | +0.3 | +0.4 |
| St Catherine's College | 8.7 | +0.1 | +0.2 |
| Seaford Head School | 8.6 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
Over time
Value added is computed for every year separately, then averaged. A single year moves a good deal; a three-year moving average centred on a year (that year, the one before and the one after) shows the trajectory more steadily. Years at the ends use the years they have. 2025/26 is provisional and shown as a hollow point. The explorer lets you choose the centre year and the window.
On the three-year centred average from 2022/23 to 2024/25, the largest rises are at Heathfield Community College (+2.9) and The Eastbourne Academy (+2.4) and the largest falls at Beacon Academy (-2.0) and Hailsham Community College (-2.9). The later windows include the provisional 2025/26 year.
| School | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Academy Ringmer | +3.6 | +3.8 | +5.3 |
| Priory School | +6.3 | +5.2 | +4.8 |
| Heathfield Community College | +1.3 | +5.0 | +4.3 |
| Seaford Head School | +2.9 | +3.5 | +4.1 |
| Beacon Academy | +5.4 | +4.6 | +3.4 |
| Seahaven Academy | +3.9 | +2.8 | +3.3 |
| Uckfield College | +4.1 | +2.3 | +2.3 |
| Peacehaven Community School | +0.4 | +1.7 | +2.2 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +3.0 | +2.3 | +1.7 |
| St Catherine's College | +1.3 | +0.1 | +0.6 |
| Claverham Community College | +0.7 | +1.7 | +0.5 |
| Ratton School | -1.3 | -1.0 | +0.3 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -2.2 | -1.0 | +0.2 |
| Chailey School | -1.2 | -1.4 | -0.8 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | -2.1 | -2.1 | -0.9 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | -2.9 | -2.8 | -1.0 |
| Uplands Academy | -0.0 | -1.1 | -1.2 |
| Rye College | -0.4 | -1.7 | -1.3 |
| Gildredge House | -3.3 | -2.8 | -1.4 |
| Bexhill High Academy | -2.2 | -2.5 | -1.6 |
| The Turing School | -3.0 | -1.1 | -1.8 |
| Willingdon Community School | -2.5 | -3.0 | -2.2 |
| The Cavendish School | -1.3 | -1.7 | -2.3 |
| The Hastings Academy | -3.3 | -3.9 | -4.4 |
| Hailsham Community College | -2.7 | -4.3 | -5.6 |
| The St Leonards Academy | -6.2 | -6.0 | -6.6 |
Contextual league tables
Warning2025/26 is provisional
2025/26 is provisional: predicted from the v2.1 model using DfE’s provisional KS4 results (October 2026), with absence bridged from autumn and spring and the intake data not yet published carried forward. It will be updated with the revised KS4 release in February 2027. It is shown beside the four-year figure, not averaged into it, and is not shrunk: one provisional year of a school’s results moves a good deal.
| School | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | v2.1, four years (shrunk) | 95% interval | 2025/26 (provisional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory School | +6.0 | +5.0 | +7.9 | +2.7 | +4.8 | +2.7 to +7.0 | +3.9 |
| Beacon Academy | +5.2 | +5.5 | +5.4 | +3.0 | +4.3 | +2.2 to +6.6 | +1.8 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +4.5 | +2.9 | +3.4 | +5.1 | +3.6 | +1.6 to +5.6 | +7.3 |
| Seahaven Academy | +6.0 | +3.6 | +2.1 | +2.6 | +3.2 | +1.5 to +5.0 | +5.2 |
| Uckfield College | +7.1 | +1.8 | +3.4 | +1.9 | +3.1 | +1.0 to +5.3 | +1.7 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +5.5 | +3.6 | -0.1 | +3.5 | +2.9 | +0.4 to +5.4 | |
| Seaford Head School | +1.4 | +2.5 | +4.6 | +3.5 | +2.8 | +0.7 to +5.0 | +4.2 |
| Heathfield Community College | -5.5 | +5.9 | +3.7 | +5.4 | +2.2 | +0.1 to +4.4 | +3.7 |
| St Catherine's College | +4.8 | -2.1 | +1.3 | +0.9 | +1.1 | -0.9 to +3.2 | -0.6 |
| Peacehaven Community School | -0.8 | -0.5 | +2.4 | +3.2 | +1.1 | -0.6 to +2.8 | +0.9 |
| Claverham Community College | -1.2 | +3.3 | -0.1 | +1.9 | +1.0 | -1.1 to +3.2 | -0.2 |
| Uplands Academy | +0.8 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -2.3 | -0.5 | -2.4 to +1.5 | -0.7 |
| Rye College | +1.7 | -1.4 | -1.4 | -2.2 | -0.7 | -2.3 to +0.9 | -0.3 |
| Ratton School | -1.1 | -0.4 | -2.4 | -0.0 | -0.8 | -2.7 to +1.2 | +3.4 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -1.5 | -0.8 | -4.4 | +2.1 | -1.1 | -2.5 to +0.5 | +2.9 |
| The Cavendish School | -1.5 | -2.3 | -0.1 | -2.8 | -1.4 | -3.5 to +0.8 | -3.9 |
| Chailey School | -3.0 | -3.3 | +2.6 | -3.6 | -1.5 | -3.6 to +0.7 | -1.4 |
| The Turing School | -4.4 | -1.1 | -3.6 | +1.5 | -1.6 | -3.0 to -0.1 | -3.2 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | -1.5 | -3.9 | -0.9 | -1.4 | -1.6 | -3.3 to +0.1 | -0.4 |
| Bexhill High Academy | -2.2 | -2.6 | -2.0 | -2.9 | -2.0 | -3.7 to -0.3 | -0.0 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | -1.7 | -6.6 | -0.3 | -1.6 | -2.2 | -4.0 to -0.4 | |
| Willingdon Community School | -1.4 | -4.4 | -1.7 | -3.1 | -2.3 | -4.3 to -0.2 | -1.9 |
| Gildredge House | -4.5 | -3.9 | -1.5 | -2.8 | -2.7 | -4.7 to -0.7 | +0.3 |
| The Hastings Academy | -1.3 | -4.1 | -4.4 | -3.2 | -2.9 | -4.3 to -1.3 | -5.6 |
| Hailsham Community College | -1.3 | -1.5 | -5.5 | -5.8 | -3.1 | -4.7 to -1.5 | |
| The St Leonards Academy | -7.0 | -4.3 | -7.2 | -6.6 | -5.5 | -6.9 to -4.1 | -6.0 |
| School | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | v2.1, four years (shrunk) | 95% interval | 2025/26 (provisional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Academy | +7.7 | +1.5 | +11.1 | +5.2 | +4.8 | +1.7 to +8.2 | -0.8 |
| Heathfield Community College | -7.6 | +10.5 | +8.8 | +14.1 | +4.8 | +1.7 to +8.1 | +2.1 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +3.3 | +9.1 | +9.2 | +0.0 | +4.1 | +1.2 to +7.2 | +2.5 |
| Seahaven Academy | +2.1 | +4.7 | +3.3 | +2.6 | +2.6 | +0.0 to +5.3 | +1.7 |
| Uplands Academy | +1.1 | +9.7 | -0.8 | +2.1 | +2.4 | -0.5 to +5.5 | +5.0 |
| St Catherine's College | +7.5 | -1.4 | +1.9 | +1.7 | +1.9 | -1.1 to +5.2 | -1.4 |
| Seaford Head School | +1.6 | -2.3 | +5.9 | +3.7 | +1.8 | -1.2 to +5.0 | +3.5 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +0.9 | +2.5 | +2.3 | -0.8 | +1.2 | -2.4 to +5.0 | |
| Claverham Community College | -1.9 | +4.3 | -4.1 | +2.9 | +0.3 | -2.7 to +3.7 | -4.6 |
| The Cavendish School | -0.6 | -1.0 | -0.2 | +0.6 | -0.0 | -3.3 to +3.5 | -4.0 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -1.8 | -0.2 | -3.4 | +2.4 | -0.5 | -2.8 to +2.1 | +0.9 |
| Uckfield College | +4.7 | -0.1 | +3.4 | -8.8 | -0.5 | -3.2 to +2.4 | +5.2 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | -1.8 | -3.1 | +1.2 | -1.5 | -0.9 | -3.3 to +1.8 | |
| Peacehaven Community School | -1.6 | -5.0 | -1.8 | +0.3 | -1.4 | -3.7 to +1.0 | +2.9 |
| Priory School | -1.6 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -6.5 | -1.9 | -4.4 to +0.8 | -1.3 |
| The Hastings Academy | -0.6 | -2.6 | -4.1 | -4.4 | -2.1 | -4.3 to +0.2 | -4.0 |
| Rye College | -1.5 | -3.4 | -3.1 | -4.2 | -2.2 | -4.5 to +0.2 | -1.1 |
| Ratton School | +0.3 | -4.0 | -4.2 | -4.5 | -2.4 | -5.1 to +0.5 | +0.5 |
| Bexhill High Academy | -3.6 | -5.7 | -1.0 | -3.7 | -2.6 | -5.0 to +0.1 | -2.0 |
| The Turing School | -1.9 | -3.4 | -4.2 | -4.6 | -2.7 | -4.8 to -0.5 | -4.3 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | -2.6 | -5.4 | -5.5 | -2.0 | -2.9 | -5.3 to -0.2 | -2.6 |
| Hailsham Community College | -5.7 | -1.4 | -5.0 | -4.4 | -3.1 | -5.3 to -0.7 | |
| Willingdon Community School | -7.5 | -2.8 | +2.7 | -8.9 | -3.1 | -5.9 to -0.1 | -7.4 |
| Chailey School | -6.6 | -3.0 | -11.3 | -2.1 | -4.5 | -7.1 to -1.7 | -5.6 |
| The St Leonards Academy | -8.1 | -7.8 | -5.8 | -6.2 | -5.4 | -7.3 to -3.3 | -6.5 |
| Gildredge House | -10.7 | -10.6 | -3.7 | -4.8 | -5.7 | -8.4 to -2.7 | -1.8 |
| School | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | v2.1, four years (shrunk) | 95% interval | 2025/26 (provisional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory School | +7.1 | +5.8 | +8.6 | +4.1 | +5.6 | +3.2 to +8.1 | +3.7 |
| Beacon Academy | +4.6 | +5.6 | +3.8 | +2.0 | +3.6 | +1.2 to +6.0 | +1.5 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +6.4 | +4.1 | +0.0 | +4.4 | +3.3 | +0.7 to +6.1 | |
| Uckfield College | +6.9 | +1.8 | +2.7 | +2.6 | +3.1 | +0.8 to +5.5 | +0.3 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +4.1 | +0.8 | +1.3 | +6.2 | +2.8 | +0.6 to +5.0 | +7.4 |
| Seahaven Academy | +7.0 | +2.7 | +0.8 | +1.8 | +2.7 | +0.7 to +4.7 | +6.2 |
| Seaford Head School | +1.4 | +2.9 | +3.8 | +2.7 | +2.5 | +0.2 to +4.8 | +3.9 |
| Peacehaven Community School | -1.0 | +1.0 | +3.5 | +3.8 | +1.7 | -0.2 to +3.7 | -0.6 |
| Heathfield Community College | -5.1 | +4.9 | +2.3 | +3.0 | +1.2 | -1.0 to +3.6 | +3.5 |
| Claverham Community College | -0.7 | +3.0 | +0.9 | +1.6 | +1.1 | -1.2 to +3.6 | +0.4 |
| St Catherine's College | +3.6 | -2.6 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.4 | -1.7 to +2.7 | -0.5 |
| The Turing School | -6.2 | +1.1 | -2.4 | +7.0 | -0.0 | -1.8 to +1.8 | -2.8 |
| Rye College | +2.8 | -1.3 | -0.5 | -1.9 | -0.2 | -2.0 to +1.8 | -0.1 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | -0.4 | -3.7 | +2.3 | -1.4 | -0.6 | -2.6 to +1.4 | +0.5 |
| Ratton School | -1.6 | -0.3 | -2.5 | +0.5 | -0.7 | -2.8 to +1.5 | +3.4 |
| Chailey School | -2.5 | -3.4 | +3.9 | -3.9 | -1.2 | -3.5 to +1.2 | -1.2 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -1.7 | -0.4 | -5.3 | +1.7 | -1.3 | -3.0 to +0.5 | +5.2 |
| Uplands Academy | +0.8 | -3.0 | -1.3 | -3.8 | -1.6 | -3.6 to +0.6 | -2.4 |
| The Cavendish School | -1.6 | -2.6 | -0.1 | -3.9 | -1.7 | -3.9 to +0.7 | -3.8 |
| Gildredge House | -3.1 | -1.6 | -1.1 | -2.5 | -1.7 | -3.9 to +0.6 | +0.3 |
| Bexhill High Academy | -2.2 | -1.3 | -2.8 | -2.4 | -1.8 | -3.7 to +0.2 | +0.4 |
| Willingdon Community School | +0.5 | -4.7 | -2.4 | -2.3 | -1.9 | -4.1 to +0.4 | -1.1 |
| The Hastings Academy | -1.5 | -3.9 | -3.8 | -2.5 | -2.5 | -4.3 to -0.7 | -5.2 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | -2.3 | -7.9 | -1.7 | -2.3 | -3.1 | -5.0 to -1.1 | |
| Hailsham Community College | -0.6 | -2.2 | -6.2 | -6.7 | -3.5 | -5.2 to -1.6 | |
| The St Leonards Academy | -6.3 | -3.0 | -7.4 | -6.1 | -4.9 | -6.6 to -3.2 | -5.2 |
| School | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | v2.1, four years (shrunk) | 95% interval | 2025/26 (provisional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory School | +6.0 | +3.2 | +7.5 | +4.1 | +4.3 | +1.7 to +7.0 | +3.6 |
| Beacon Academy | +4.5 | +5.1 | +7.4 | +3.4 | +4.3 | +1.6 to +7.1 | +0.0 |
| Uckfield College | +8.8 | -0.2 | +4.8 | +1.5 | +3.0 | +0.4 to +5.8 | +1.9 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +6.5 | +6.1 | -0.4 | +1.6 | +2.9 | -0.1 to +6.1 | |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +2.6 | +4.3 | +1.6 | +3.8 | +2.6 | +0.2 to +5.1 | +8.7 |
| Seaford Head School | +1.7 | +2.3 | +0.1 | +3.3 | +1.6 | -0.9 to +4.3 | +2.7 |
| Heathfield Community College | -7.2 | +5.5 | +1.8 | +5.1 | +1.2 | -1.4 to +3.9 | +2.3 |
| Seahaven Academy | +4.3 | -0.6 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +1.2 | -0.9 to +3.3 | +5.9 |
| Claverham Community College | -1.5 | +2.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.6 | -2.0 to +3.3 | +1.4 |
| St Catherine's College | +3.0 | -1.7 | -1.0 | +1.9 | +0.5 | -1.9 to +3.1 | +0.4 |
| Uplands Academy | +2.4 | -0.9 | +1.4 | -0.8 | +0.5 | -1.9 to +3.0 | +0.5 |
| Peacehaven Community School | -1.9 | +0.7 | +1.9 | +0.6 | +0.4 | -1.7 to +2.6 | +0.6 |
| Ratton School | -0.9 | +1.8 | -1.2 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -2.2 to +2.7 | +4.0 |
| Robertsbridge Community College | +2.4 | -5.1 | +0.1 | +1.8 | -0.1 | -2.4 to +2.3 | |
| The Cavendish School | -0.4 | -2.1 | -0.3 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -3.1 to +2.3 | -6.4 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | -1.5 | -4.3 | +1.3 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -3.0 to +1.3 | +0.9 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -0.7 | +0.9 | -4.3 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -2.9 to +0.9 | +1.8 |
| The Turing School | -2.7 | -1.4 | -3.8 | +2.0 | -1.1 | -2.9 to +0.8 | -5.7 |
| Rye College | +0.9 | -0.3 | -3.1 | -3.3 | -1.2 | -3.2 to +0.9 | +3.2 |
| Bexhill High Academy | -3.0 | -2.5 | -2.4 | -4.3 | -2.4 | -4.5 to -0.2 | -0.4 |
| The Hastings Academy | -0.0 | -4.4 | -4.4 | -3.9 | -2.6 | -4.4 to -0.7 | -5.4 |
| Willingdon Community School | -3.4 | -4.7 | -2.5 | -3.8 | -2.8 | -5.3 to -0.2 | -3.6 |
| Hailsham Community College | -0.8 | -4.8 | -6.0 | -2.4 | -2.9 | -4.9 to -0.8 | |
| Chailey School | -5.8 | -6.0 | +0.5 | -6.1 | -3.5 | -6.0 to -0.8 | -3.9 |
| Gildredge House | -6.3 | -5.1 | -5.8 | -1.9 | -3.8 | -6.2 to -1.3 | -0.7 |
| The St Leonards Academy | -7.9 | -2.2 | -8.6 | -7.8 | -5.4 | -7.2 to -3.6 | -4.3 |
| School | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | v2.1, four years (shrunk) | 95% interval | 2025/26 (provisional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory School | +6.2 | +6.7 | +8.2 | +1.6 | +4.7 | +2.0 to +7.5 | +4.1 |
| Seahaven Academy | +7.6 | +7.6 | +2.8 | +4.5 | +4.6 | +2.4 to +6.9 | +4.5 |
| Beacon Academy | +5.6 | +6.0 | +3.4 | +2.6 | +3.7 | +1.1 to +6.5 | +3.1 |
| King's Academy Ringmer | +6.0 | +0.7 | +4.9 | +6.1 | +3.7 | +1.3 to +6.3 | +6.4 |
| Seaford Head School | +0.4 | +2.9 | +8.2 | +3.3 | +3.2 | +0.6 to +6.0 | +5.5 |
| Uckfield College | +5.6 | +3.8 | +2.1 | +2.1 | +2.9 | +0.3 to +5.6 | +1.3 |
| Heathfield Community College | -4.4 | +6.2 | +5.2 | +5.6 | +2.8 | +0.1 to +5.5 | +4.8 |
| St Richard's Catholic College | +3.6 | +0.0 | -0.6 | +5.2 | +1.8 | -1.2 to +4.9 | |
| St Catherine's College | +6.4 | -2.2 | +3.3 | -0.6 | +1.5 | -1.0 to +4.1 | -1.4 |
| Peacehaven Community School | +0.1 | -2.1 | +2.3 | +5.5 | +1.3 | -0.8 to +3.5 | +0.8 |
| Claverham Community College | -1.1 | +4.1 | -0.4 | +2.6 | +1.2 | -1.4 to +4.0 | -2.1 |
| Chailey School | -0.8 | -1.1 | +4.3 | -1.7 | +0.3 | -2.5 to +3.2 | +0.6 |
| Rye College | +2.4 | -2.3 | +0.3 | -1.4 | -0.1 | -2.1 to +2.0 | -4.1 |
| The Eastbourne Academy | -2.1 | -1.4 | -4.3 | +4.8 | -0.7 | -2.5 to +1.3 | +3.8 |
| Gildredge House | -3.2 | -2.5 | +2.7 | -4.1 | -1.4 | -3.9 to +1.3 | +0.8 |
| Willingdon Community School | +0.4 | -4.0 | -1.0 | -2.5 | -1.4 | -3.9 to +1.3 | -0.5 |
| Bexhill High Academy | -1.6 | -2.5 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -3.5 to +0.9 | -0.0 |
| Uplands Academy | -1.7 | +0.1 | -2.5 | -3.3 | -1.4 | -3.7 to +1.0 | -1.1 |
| Ratton School | -1.7 | -1.8 | -3.5 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -3.8 to +0.9 | +3.0 |
| The Turing School | -6.4 | -0.8 | -3.4 | +1.1 | -1.8 | -3.5 to +0.0 | -0.9 |
| The Cavendish School | -2.9 | -2.2 | +0.1 | -5.4 | -2.1 | -4.6 to +0.6 | -1.8 |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | -1.7 | -3.5 | -3.6 | -2.3 | -2.2 | -4.2 to -0.1 | -1.5 |
| The Hastings Academy | -2.0 | -3.3 | -4.3 | -2.3 | -2.4 | -4.2 to -0.5 | -5.4 |
| Hailsham Community College | -1.9 | +1.9 | -5.0 | -9.2 | -3.1 | -5.0 to -1.0 | |
| Robertsbridge Community College | -3.8 | -7.3 | -1.0 | -4.4 | -3.4 | -5.5 to -1.1 | |
| The St Leonards Academy | -5.9 | -6.1 | -5.6 | -5.1 | -4.7 | -6.4 to -2.9 | -8.7 |
Questions for discussion
- Disadvantaged pupils. Their value added averages -0.7 points across East Sussex’s schools against +0.1 for other pupils. What do Beacon Academy, Heathfield Community College and King’s Academy Ringmer, above expectation for them, do that others could share?
- Attendance is a lever here. Absence costs 1.2 points against England, and the area’s schools run 0.4 points above what their intakes predict.
- Schools, not the place. No district effect survives each school’s own record on v2.1: the differences that matter are between schools.
- Practice. In East Sussex, suspension episodes run at 1.3 times the national rate. These are choices made within schools.
- The authority. East Sussex’s own v2.1 effect for disadvantaged pupils is +0.2% (74th of 151), not distinguishable from zero, and for non-disadvantaged pupils +0.9% (56th).
Notes on method
Value Added v2.1 is described on the method page. The absence-against-intake measure, the district test, the trust analysis, the attendance-counted-in value added and the scenarios are refitted on the v2.1 specification by R/04_place_and_absence.R. The absence series, reasons and suspensions are the original project’s (R/17_area_analysis.R). School districts come from each school’s postcode. The decomposition splits each area’s mean log Attainment 8 against England’s into one piece per model term, exactly, and converts to points at England’s mean. This page is generated from templates/area.qmd by R/03_area_pages.R; the format is recorded in AREA_REPORTS.md.