Ark Alexandra Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,315 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Academy sponsor led
The Eastbourne Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 776of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 50.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 160
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 28 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Eastbourne Technology College (URN 114603, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
Of the 171 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Eastbourne Academy in 2023, 11% moved to a sixth form college, 73% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 89% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.7 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in East Sussex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Eastbourne Academy | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 171 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 11% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 73% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Eastbourne Academy | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.7 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 21% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.14 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 42% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.3 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.6 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 159 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 59% |
| English Language | 159 | 99% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 50% |
| English Literature | 150 | 94% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 62% |
| Statistics | 143 | 89% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 109 | 68% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 38% |
| History | 79 | 49% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 39% |
| Geography | 63 | 39% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 48% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 48 | 30% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 60% |
| Biology | 41 | 26% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 76% |
| Physics | 41 | 26% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 63% |
| Chemistry | 41 | 26% | 23% | 15% | 47% | 63% |
| Spanish | 30 | 19% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 73% |
| Art and Design | 18 | 11% | 7% | 33% | 24% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 8% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 62% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 5% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 88% |
| 3D Design | 6 | 4% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Japanese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Psychology | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 38 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 16 | — | — |
| Tourism | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 8 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 1 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in East Sussex
Beacon Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,642 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.2
Bexhill High Academy
Academy converter · 1,441 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Chailey School
Community school · 862 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Claverham Community College
Community school · 1,147 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
Gildredge House
Free schools · 1,169 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.