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Eastbourne College[1]

Independent · ages 12–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.8 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 40.2[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 41.7[6] 0%[6]
2022/23 41.5[7] 0%[7]
2021/22 37.5[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
24.6% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B+[10] 30.6%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 37.1%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 39.7%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 29.2%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79.4% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
59.5% 2023/24[14]
Education
61.9% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
0.8% 2023/24[14]
Employment
16.7% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 75.2%[14] 49.6%[14] 50.4%[14] 0%[14] 24.8%[14]
2021/22 84.2%[14] 64.7%[14] 65.4%[14] 2.3%[14] 16.5%[14]

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.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

ISI inspection

Inspection
November 2024[16]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[16]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[16]
Quality of education
Significant strength[16]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[16]
Social and economic education
Standards met[16]
Safeguarding
Standards met[16]

Quality of education

  • ISI found (November 2024): The school offers a wide and creative curriculum that helps all pupils produce high-quality work and contribute to school culture.
  • ISI recommended: The school should clarify roles to better support pupils who are struggling academically.

Previous ISI inspections: 2023, 2021, 2018, 2014 (2023 report, 2021 report, 2018 report, 2014 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Senior, day
£12,460–£15,629 a term 2026/27 · Years 9-11 Day; Years 9-11 Day+; Years 9-11 Flexi3 · incl. VAT[17]
Senior, boarding
£18,981 a term 2026/27 · Years 9-11 Boarding · incl. VAT[17]
Sixth form, day
£12,705–£15,937 a term 2026/27 · Sixth Form Day; Sixth Form Day+; Sixth Form Flexi3 · incl. VAT[17]
Sixth form, boarding
£19,277 a term 2026/27 · Sixth Form Boarding · incl. VAT[17]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
12–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
695[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
https://www.eastbourne-college.co.uk/[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Eastbourne[18]
Postcode
BN21 4JX[1]
URN
114650[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
622 2024/25[19]
SEN support
28.6% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[19]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  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 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Eastbourne College, November 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  17. eastbourne-college.co.uk: eastbourne-college.co.uk — Registration and fees. Period 2026-10-17. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (17)
    Years 9-11 Day £10,930 (p. 1)
    YEAR TERMLY FEE WITHOUT VAT TERMLY FEE WITH VAT (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Day £10,930 £12,460 (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Day+ £11,470 (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Day+ £11,470 £13,076 (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Flexi3 £13,710 (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Flexi3 £13,710 £15,629 (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Boarding £16,650 (p. 1)
    Years 9-11 Boarding £16,650 £18,981 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Day £11,145 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Day £11,145 £12,705 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Day+ £11,680 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Day+ £11,680 £13,315 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Flexi3 £13,980 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Flexi3 £13,980 £15,937 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Boarding £16,910 (p. 1)
    Sixth Form Boarding £16,910 £19,277 (p. 1)
  18. 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.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.