The Cavendish School

School overview

The Cavendish School is an all-through school serving Eastbourne, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,372 pupils aged 2 to 16 on roll. 82% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 47.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, The Cavendish School ranks among the top 18% of primary schools in England for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 41% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 53% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. The Cavendish School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 97 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. The Cavendish School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.