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The Cavendish School

Eldon Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1UE

CAVENDISH EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance94.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.47
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils1399

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Mar 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BN21. Where we have them, council (Eastbourne) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1399
Free school meals
17.9%
4.9% below district average (22.8%)

Also: England 24%

SEN
11.8%
3.3% below district average (15.1%)

Also: England 19.6%

EAL
8.7%
7.8% below district average (16.5%)
Attendance
94.7%
0.4% below district average (95.1%)

Also: England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BN21 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

11.5%

6.1% below England (17.6%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

82%

21% above England (61%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

10%

2% above England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

89%

14% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

84%

13% above England (71%)

KS2 maths2024/25

98%

24% above England (74%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.47

0.47 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

47.3

0.6 above England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

52.9%

6.7% above England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

71.8%

5.9% above England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

43.5%

2.4% above England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.17

Same as England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 95.4%
    2020/21
  • 94.2%
    2021/22
  • 94.4%
    2022/23
  • 93.9%
    2023/24
  • 93.9%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 77%
    2022/23
  • 71%
    2023/24
  • 82%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
1000
Pupils on roll
1399

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the East Sussex page.

SEN support

SEN %
11.8%
On-site provision
Special classes

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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