Greenfields School[1]

Independent · ages 2–19

Headline results

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

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 32.5 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 45.5% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 9.1% 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
2024/25	14.6[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	11.1[6]	0%[6]
2022/23	23.2[7]	7%[7]
2021/22	15.6[8]	14%[8]

A level (16–18)

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

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 28.6% 2021/22[9]
UK higher education: 14.3% 2021/22[9]
Education: 28.6% 2021/22[9]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2021/22[9]
Employment: 0% 2021/22[9]

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)[10]

ISI inspection

Inspection: March 2024[11]
Framework: Framework from September 2023[11]
Leadership and governance: Standards not met[11]
Quality of education: Standards not met[11]
Health and wellbeing: Standards met[11]
Social and economic education: Standards met[11]
Safeguarding: Standards not met[11]

Quality of education

ISI recommended: The school should introduce a standard way to assess pupils’ abilities when they enter secondary school to track their progress accurately.
ISI recommended: The school should give teachers more training to plan effectively for all pupils, including those with special educational needs.

Health and wellbeing

ISI recommended: The school should offer more varied activities outside of lessons to help secondary students grow emotionally, socially, creatively and physically.
ISI recommended: The school should centralise records of behavioural incidents to better analyse trends and improve outcomes.
ISI recommended: The school should centralise records of health and safety, risk assessments, and fire documentation to improve oversight.
ISI recommended: The school should improve the condition of boarding accommodation.
ISI recommended: The school should arrange formal training for boarding leaders to support their role effectively.
ISI recommended: The school should create formal ways for boarders to share their views about boarding life and receive feedback.

Safeguarding

ISI recommended: The school should introduce a system to coordinate staff concerns about pupils to better identify risks to their wellbeing.

Previous ISI inspections: 2024, 2022, 2020, 2017 (2024 report, 2022 report, 2020 report, 2017 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

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type: Other independent school[1]
Ages: 2–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: Boarding school[1]
Capacity: 250[1]
Local authority: East Sussex[1]
Website: http://www.greenfieldsschool.com/[1]
Nursery classes: Has Nursery Classes[10]
Special classes: No Special Classes[10]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan): Not approved[10]
District: Wealden [12]
Postcode: RH18 5JD[1]
URN: 114659[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 128 2024/25[13]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan: 0% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 0% 2024/25[13]

Sources

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.
Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Greenfields School, March 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.