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ISP School[1]

Special · ages 7–18

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
12.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
8.3% 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 14.8[4] 0%[4]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[5]
Latest inspection
16 Sep 2025[6]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[6]
Report published
14 Oct 2025[6]
Personal development
Outstanding[6]
Quality of education
Good[6]
Overall effectiveness
Good[6]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[6]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[6]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[6]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[6]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
7–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
60[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
ispschools.org.uk/battle[1]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[5]
District
Rother[7]
Postcode
TN33 0TX[1]
URN
148552[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
47 2024/25[8]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[8]

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: 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.
  6. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. 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.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.