The Cavendish School
All-through schoolThe Cavendish School is a all-through school in Eastbourne, for pupils aged 2 to 16. It had 1,399 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, 82% of pupils at The Cavendish School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in East Sussex and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Cavendish School was 48.2, against 41.8 in Eastbourne and 46.2 in England.
51.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Eastbourne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.2 | 41.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51.1% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.2% | 56.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 174 | – | – |
- 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- Motcombe Infants' SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023260 m
- The South Downs SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, November 2024670 m
- Ocklynge Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Pashley Down Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024790 m
- Ratton SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- East Sussex College GroupSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 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).