Secondary
The Turing School
Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 771 of 945 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Trust
- SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 44.8
- Pupils per adult
- 16.3
- Pupils
- 731
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 February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
27%
11 points below the Eastbourne average (38% across 5 schools)
34.6
7.0 below the Eastbourne average (41.6 across 5 schools)
4th 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 | 34.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.9 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
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 | 33% |
| 22/23 | 20% |
| 23/24 | 17% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.92 |
| 22/23 | -0.75 |
| 23/24 | -0.99 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.2 |
| 22/23 | 34.2 |
| 23/24 | 30.0 |
| 24/25 | 34.6 |
Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
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
- Sarah Doyle
- Address
- Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
- Telephone
- 01323465700