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King's Academy Ringmer
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Lewes Road, Ringmer, Lewes BN8 5RB · kgaringmer.uk · 01273 812220
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.6
- average Attainment 8 score. East Sussex 43.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 659
- 88% of 750 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 140 families put the school first and 149 places were offered; 86% 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 | 149 | 140 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 148 | 134 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 149 | 158 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 144 | 132 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 146 | 127 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.6, and 41.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across East Sussex it was 43.1, and across England 46.
In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲68.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲67.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.47 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137232)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.5 | +2 |
| Sixth form college | 16.3 | −14 |
| Further education | 68.5 | +16.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | 0 |
| Employment | 3.3 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 1.1 | −3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | −0.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2016/17 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 students | D+ (22.8) | -0.12 | |
| 21 students | D+ (22.8) | -0.12 | |
| Applied general7 students | — | -0.32 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 37 | D+ (22.5) | -0.18 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 137232)
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2015/16
| University | 17 |
|---|---|
| Further and other education | 26 |
| Further education | 17 |
| Other education | 10 |
| Apprenticeship | 17 |
| Employment | 30 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 |
| Activity not captured | 3 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 137232)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for King's Academy Ringmer was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 12 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137232), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137232)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (163 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 163
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 49 parents (30%) with SEND