Secondary
Ratton School
Park Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1183 of 1215 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Trust
- SOUTH DOWNS LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 1,177
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
43%
5 points above the Eastbourne average (38% across 5 schools)
43.0
1.4 above the Eastbourne average (41.6 across 5 schools)
3rd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Eastbourne we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.54 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.31 |
| 22/23 | +0.08 |
| 23/24 | -0.10 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.9 |
| 22/23 | 45.7 |
| 23/24 | 41.4 |
| 24/25 | 43.0 |
Park Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
East Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Gavin Peevers
- Address
- Park Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
- Telephone
- 01323504011