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Peacehaven Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 890of 890 places
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 174
- Ofsted
- Good, 3 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Peacehaven Community School (URN 131601, until 1 September 2017).
What the data says
Peacehaven Community School has no sixth form. Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 60% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.1 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Peacehaven Community School | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 147 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Peacehaven Community School | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.1 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 21% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.8 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.6 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 | 175 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 61% |
| English Literature | 174 | 100% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 60% |
| Mathematics | 174 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 154 | 89% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 105 | 60% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 40% |
| Statistics | 104 | 60% | 5% | 6% | 20% | 80% |
| Geography | 72 | 41% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 69% |
| Sociology | 36 | 21% | 4% | 6% | 21% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 31 | 18% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 45% |
| French | 25 | 14% | 18% | 36% | 29% | 96% |
| Physics | 19 | 11% | 23% | 53% | 46% | 100% |
| Spanish | 19 | 11% | 19% | 16% | 27% | 68% |
| Biology | 19 | 11% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 11% | 23% | 26% | 47% | 100% |
| Drama | 17 | 10% | 7% | 35% | 27% | 82% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 10% | 7% | 18% | 24% | 94% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 7% | 13% | 25% | 30% | 67% |
| Dance | 10 | 6% | 1% | 10% | 27% | 70% |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 56 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 31 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 27 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 1 | — | — |
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Chailey School
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Claverham Community College
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Gildredge House
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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.