Willingdon Community School is a secondary school located in Eastbourne. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/10/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.1%, which is 2.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Broad Road, Eastbourne

School Information

Address: Broad Road, Eastbourne, BN20 9QX
Website: http://willingdonschool.org.uk/
Telephone: 01323485254
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: East Sussex
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Emily Beer
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 114592

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/10/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1000
Number of Pupils: 1006
Number of Boys: 546
Number of Girls: 460

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.08 Confidence interval -0.26 to 0.1
Of the 197 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 196 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:35%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:41%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.99
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Willingdon Primary School
Rapsons Road , Willingdon BN20 9RJ 		3out of 4 365 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Polegate Primary School
Oakleaf Drive , East Sussex BN26 6PT 		3out of 4 1,739 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Oakwood Primary Academy
Magnolia Drive , BN22 0SS 		3out of 4 2,203 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Parkland Infant School
Brassey Avenue , BN22 9QJ 		3out of 4 2,770 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Parkland Junior School
Brassey Avenue , BN22 9QJ 		3out of 4 2,770 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Willingdon Community School
Broad Road , Lower Willingdon BN20 9QX 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Eastbourne Academy
Brodrick Road , BN22 9RQ 		3out of 4 2,471 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ratton School
Park Avenue , BN21 2XR 		3out of 4 2,883 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Lindfield School
Lindfield Road , Hampden Park BN22 0BQ 		4out of 4 2,392 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
College Central
124 Brodrick Road , BN22 9RB 		3out of 4 2,948 yd Academy alternative provision converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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