Downlands Community School is a secondary school located in Hassocks. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 30/11/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Dale Avenue, Hassocks

School Information

Address: Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Website: http://downlands.w-sussex.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01273845892
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: West Sussex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Wignall
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 126087

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 30/11/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 1195
Number of Boys: 607
Number of Girls: 588

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.42 Confidence interval 0.24 to 0.6
Of the 206 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 199 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:79%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:61%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.9
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Windmills Junior School
Dale Avenue , BN6 8LS 		2out of 4 132 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Hassocks Infant School
Chancellors Park , BN6 8EY 		4out of 4 471 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ditchling (St Margaret's) Church of England Primary School
Lewes Road , BN6 8TU 		3out of 4 2,104 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Downlands Community School
Dale Avenue , BN6 8LP 		4out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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