All-through
Gildredge House
Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8AB
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1169 of 1232 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Trust
- GILDREDGE HOUSE FREE SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 88.8
- Pupils per adult
- 13.3
- Pupils
- 1,182
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 October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
45%
46.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 60% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
| Attainment 8 | 46.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 64% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42% |
| 22/23 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 45% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.8 |
| 22/23 | 26.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.10 |
| 22/23 | -0.21 |
| 23/24 | +0.16 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.4 |
| 22/23 | 47.3 |
| 23/24 | 48.0 |
| 24/25 | 46.7 |
Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8AB
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 15 January, 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
- Head Teacher
- Craig Bull
- Address
- Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8AB
- Telephone
- 01323400650