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Rye College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 40.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.85 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 36.8[5] 35%[5]
2023/24 36.3[3] 29%[3] -0.85[3]
2022/23 37.5[6] 34%[6] -0.55[6]
2021/22 43[7] 38%[7] -0.44[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
23% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
53% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 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 95%[9] 2%[9] 33%[9] 54%[9] 2%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 8%[10] 31%[10] 46%[10] 3%[10] 3%[10]
2019/20 93%[11] 2%[11] 15%[11] 73%[11] 2%[11] 1%[11]

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
29 Jun 2023[12]
Type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit[12]
Report published
21 Jul 2023[12]

No graded judgements were published for this visit.

Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2023[12] S5 Inspection[12] Good[12]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Applications (any preference)
223 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences
114 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Places offered
125 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 237[13] 132[13] 143[13] 1.7[13] 0.9[13]
Entry Sept 2024 178[13] 98[13] 129[13] 1.4[13] 0.8[13]
Entry Sept 2023 180[13] 100[13] 131[13] 1.4[13] 0.8[13]
Entry Sept 2022 168[13] 101[13] 123[13] 1.4[13] 0.8[13]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
750[1]
Trust
AQUINAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
www.ryecollege.co.uk[1]
District
Rother[14]
Postcode
TN31 7NQ[1]
URN
146825[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
616 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language
4.2% 2024/25[15]
SEN support
21.8% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan
0.8% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.4% 2024/25[15]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.8%[16]
Mixed
6%[16]
Asian
0.5%[16]
Black
0%[16]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[16]
Unclassified
1.2%[16]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.