Chailey Heritage School[1]
Special · ages 3–19
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 100% 2021/22[2]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2021/22[2]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2021/22[2]
- Further education college
- 0% 2021/22[2]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2021/22[2]
- Employment
- 0% 2021/22[2]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 100%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] |
| 2018/19 | 100%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] |
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
- 26 Nov 2024[5]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
- Report published
- 19 Dec 2024[5]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[5]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[5]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Non-maintained special school[1]
- Ages
- 3–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- Boarding school[1]
- Capacity
- 110[1]
- Local authority
- East Sussex[1]
- Website
- www.chf.org.uk[1]
- Nursery classes
- Has Nursery Classes[7]
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes[7]
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability[7]
- District
- Lewes[8]
- Postcode
- BN8 4EF[1]
- URN
- 114682[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 76 2024/25[9]
- English as an additional language
- 3.9% 2024/25[9]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[9]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[9]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 20.8% 2024/25[9]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 83.8%[10]
- Mixed
- 5.9%[10]
- Asian
- 4.4%[10]
- Black
- 2.9%[10]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[10]
- Unclassified
- 2.9%[10]
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
- 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: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. 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.
- 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.
- 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.