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St Catherine's College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Priory Road, Eastbourne BN23 7BL · stcatherines.college · 01323 465400
On the mapSearch near BN23 7BL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.6
- average Attainment 8 score. East Sussex 43.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,064
- 24 over 1,040 places · 102%
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.4%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 296 families put the school first and 211 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 211 | 296 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 208 | 290 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 214 | 266 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 214 | 303 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 213 | 296 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.6, and 45.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across East Sussex it was 43.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲45.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.18 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114613)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.9 | — |
| Sixth form college | 30.1 | −4 |
| Further education | 50.7 | +3.1 |
| Other education | 1.4 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9 | −2.4 |
| Employment | 3.3 | +0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | −0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.8 | +1.9 |
Ofsted
St Catherine's College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in May 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (87 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 87
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (26%) with SEND