The Eastbourne Academy
Secondary schoolThe Eastbourne Academy is a secondary school in Eastbourne, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 776 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Eastbourne Academy was 37.1, against 41.8 in Eastbourne and 46.2 in England.
25.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Eastbourne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 37.1 | 41.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25.5% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49.7% | 56.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 165 | – | – |
- 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- The Lindfield SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, October 2024100 m
- Oakwood Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)330 m
- Parkland Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met380 m
- Parkland Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, May 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)380 m
- Heron Park Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Summerdown SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade1.2 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).