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Frewen College[1]

Special · ages 10–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
10.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 15.3[4] 0%[4]
2023/24 8.8[5] 2.9%[5]
2022/23 10.7[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 10.8[7] 3%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted. ISI publishes its reports on its own website (isi.net), not as open data, so they aren't shown here.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
10–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
130[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.frewencollege.co.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Home&pid=1[1]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Rother[9]
Postcode
TN31 6NL[1]
URN
114635[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
125 2024/25[10]
SEN support
20.8% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan
79.2% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[10]

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: 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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, 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: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.