King's Academy Ringmer
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · East Sussex
Lewes Road, Lewes, BN8 5RB
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
93%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.0%
27.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
659
Capacity used
Has space88%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
93%
1st preference success rate
124 of 134 families who put it first got an offer
148
Places offered
453
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 134 | 124 | ● 93% |
| 2nd preference | 188 | 23 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 131 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 453 | 148 | 33% |
1st preference success by year
East Sussex lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Chris Harvey
- Address
- Lewes Road, Ringmer, Lewes, BN8 5RB
- Phone
- 01273812220
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward / constituency
- Ouse Valley & Ringmer · Lewes
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144505
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES
659 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
13 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 673 pupils
Attendance
90.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.30 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 45% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.34 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 41.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 68.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 67.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.47 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 99 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 97 | 19% | 54% | 74% | |
| English Language | 97 | 19% | 48% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 96 | 17% | 46% | 72% | |
| History | 72 | 25% | 51% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 66 | 5% | 41% | 59% | |
| Art and Design | 64 | 22% | 52% | 73% | |
| Spanish | 40 | 23% | 50% | 63% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 34 | 9% | 47% | 71% | |
| Biology | 30 | 43% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 30 | 50% | 90% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 30 | 37% | 93% | 100% | |
| French | 29 | 21% | 72% | 86% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through East Sussex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.