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Chailey School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.36 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49.3[5] 52.4%[5]
2023/24 53.4[3] 65.2%[3] +0.36[3]
2022/23 47.7[6] 46%[6] -0.08[6]
2021/22 51.7[7] 53%[7] +0.01[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
5% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
30% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
48% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 9%[9] 32%[9] 45%[9] 2%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 96%[10] 3%[10] 31%[10] 54%[10] 2%[10] 2%[10]
2019/20 92%[11] 8%[11] 22%[11] 61%[11] 1%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 93%[12] 13%[12] 34%[12] 35%[12] 5%[12] 3%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Feb 2026[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
17 May 2026[13]
Inclusion
Strong standard[13]
Achievement
Expected standard[13]
Safeguarding standards
Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[13]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Jan 2022[14] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]
10 Jan 2017[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
552 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
219 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
174 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 482[16] 192[16] 178[16] 2.7[16] 1.1[16]
Entry Sept 2024 510[16] 220[16] 171[16] 3.0[16] 1.3[16]
Entry Sept 2023 492[16] 176[16] 171[16] 2.9[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2022 492[16] 191[16] 173[16] 2.8[16] 1.1[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
870[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.chaileyschool.org/[1]
District
Lewes[17]
Postcode
BN8 4PU[1]
URN
114594[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
855 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
2.5% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
12.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.3% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.8%[19]
Mixed
4.5%[19]
Asian
0.2%[19]
Black
0.3%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.2%[19]
Unclassified
19.8%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.