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King's Academy Ringmer
- Pupils on roll
- 659of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 99
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 13 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ringmer Community College (URN 137232, until 1 December 2016).
What the data says
King's Academy Ringmer has no sixth form. Of the 85 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.6 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 41% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, King's Academy Ringmer is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | King's Academy Ringmer | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 85 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | King's Academy Ringmer | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.6 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 68% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.47 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.2 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.5 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 97 | 98% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 97 | 98% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 74% |
| English Literature | 96 | 97% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 72% |
| History | 72 | 73% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 66 | 67% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 59% |
| Spanish | 40 | 40% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 63% |
| Photography | 36 | 36% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 75% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 34% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 71% |
| Physics | 30 | 30% | 23% | 50% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 30 | 30% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 30% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 100% |
| French | 29 | 29% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 86% |
| Geography | 28 | 28% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 61% |
| Art and Design | 27 | 27% | 7% | 26% | 24% | 74% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 20% | 11% | 25% | 23% | 70% |
| Dance | 17 | 17% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 14% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 86% |
| Music | 11 | 11% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 100% |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 1 | — | — |
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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.