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East Sussex College Group

16 plus · Further education · Mixed · East Sussex

Cross Levels Way, Eastbourne, BN21 2UF

Website 03030039400

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Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

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No graded inspection

Application demand

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Attendance

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No data

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At a glance

Pupils on roll

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GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Further education
Phase
16 plus
Age range
16–99
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Headteacher
Rebecca Conroy
Address
Cross Levels Way, Eastbourne, BN21 2UF
Phone
03030039400
Local authority
East Sussex
Ward / constituency
Ratton · Eastbourne
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
130665

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals———
English as additional language———
SEN support———

— pupils. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).

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A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry28.42——

Average grade: C (England B-)

A-level results over time

30.3201932.26202229.27202328.42202428.192025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry28.1935
Average gradeC-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)3.2%17%
A-level students460—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Psychology1011%4%16%
Biology881%8%20%
Sociology830%6%30%
Mathematics794%18%37%
English Literature552%9%33%
Business Studies492%10%24%
Law472%15%26%
Chemistry432%9%19%
Geography430%0%26%
Physics410%7%20%
Media / Film / TV Studies410%7%29%
Photography4010%38%65%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 13016: Sussex Downs College, Eastbourne

Cambridge admissions12020
Applications<3
Offers<3
Success rate—
Accepted offers<3

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)15%——
Apprenticeships6%——
Any education or training27%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.