Gildredge House | All-through in Eastbourne | Ofsted & DfE

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

45%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

46.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

26%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

603.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,168

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

45%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

46.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

26%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

603.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,168

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

45%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

46.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

26%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

603.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,168

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 01/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEast Sussex

PhaseAll-through

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.4:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Gildredge House · All-through · East Sussex

Part ofGILDREDGE HOUSE FREE SCHOOL

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

60%

-4pp

64%62%60%

'23'24'25

'25 · 60%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

5%4%2%

'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

87%

Reading higher standard

27%

Writing expected standard

72%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

73%

Maths higher standard

10%

Science expected standard

95%

SPAG expected standard

75%

SPAG higher standard

18%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

72%

+2pp

74%71%67%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 72%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

45%

-5pp

51%46%42%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 45%

Attainment 8

46.7

-1.3

48.647.546.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 46.7

EBacc entry

26%

-11pp

73%49%26%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 26%

EBacc APS

603.4

-27.3

630.7588.2545.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 603.4

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2022/23 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

26.8

-6.0

37.132.026.8

'17'18'19'22'23

'23 · 26.8

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

-23pp

33%20%7%

'17'18'19'22'23

'23 · 7%

Average A-level grade

C-

-1

B-C+C-

'17'18'19'22'23

'23 · C-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,168

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

17%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8AB

Local authority

East Sussex

Website

www.gildredgehouse.org.uk

Telephone

01323400650

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	60%	2%	87%	27%	72%	2%	73%	10%	95%	75%	105.0	103.0	104.0	—	—	—	18%	1,168
2023/24	64%	5%	74%	30%	74%	10%	77%	23%	84%	67%	106.0	105.0	103.0	—	—	—	13%	1,182
2022/23	60%	3%	80%	25%	70%	8%	75%	17%	97%	77%	105.0	104.0	104.0	-2.20	-3.80	-2.40	14%	1,226
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	1,099
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	1,025
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	848

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	72%	45%	46.7	Not applicable	26%	603.4	32%	1,168
2023/24	69%	51%	48.0	+0.16	37%	630.7	39%	1,182
2022/23	67%	47%	47.3	-0.21	26%	594.8	26%	1,226
2021/22	69%	42%	46.4	-0.10	33%	589.1	37%	1,233
2018/19	74%	43%	48.6	-0.07	73%	545.6	75%	1,099
2017/18	65%	48%	47.7	-0.28	79%	547.6	81%	1,025
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	Not published	848

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2022/23	26.8	C-	—	7%	45
2021/22	32.8	C+	—	29%	43
2018/19	37.1	B-	+0.24	33%	17
2017/18	34.9	C+	-0.12	33%	67
2016/17	32.0	C+	-0.18	18%	42

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,168	20.4	18%	17%	19%	6%	15%
2023/24	1,182	21.6	13%	15%	19%	7%	18%
2022/23	1,226	21.0	14%	14%	19%	7%	18%
2021/22	1,233	20.8	10%	11%	18%	7%	18%
2020/21	1,228	19.4	9%	9%	16%	—	—
2018/19	1,099	16.8	10%	8%	14%	4%	10%
2017/18	1,025	16.4	10%	5%	12%	5%	11%
2016/17	848	—	10%	5%	10%	6%	16%