King's Academy Ringmer

Academy converter·Secondary school Lewes, East Sussex·BN8 5RB
Composite score
59.5
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#1,255
National rank
#206
In South East
#7
In East Sussex
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
29%
EBacc average points score
4.47

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
140 first choices, 149 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
476
any preference, for 149 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.9220231.0620240.9120250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for King's Academy Ringmer yet. East Sussex does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
642
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,489
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
85 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

King's Academy Ringmer is a secondary school serving Lewes, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 642 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.6 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.2 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 86% of the families who made King's Academy Ringmer their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. King's Academy Ringmer 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.

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