Summerdown School
Special schoolSummerdown School is a special school in Eastbourne, for pupils aged 3 to 16. It had 174 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Summerdown School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in East Sussex and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 80 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 81 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Eastbourne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 41.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 56.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 1 | – | – |
- Summerdown School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- East Sussex College GroupSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file420 m
- Parkland Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met810 m
- Parkland Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, May 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Heron Park Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Ratton SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- The Eastbourne AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, serious weaknesses. Attainment 8 of 37.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Eastbourne
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).