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Bowden House School

Special / other · Seaford · BN25 2JB

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 November 2023

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At a glance

39 pupils · 98% of 40 capacity

School type
Community special school
Age range
5–18
Gender
Boys
Free school meals
73.5% of pupils
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://bowdenhouse.school
URN
100986

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

1 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

GCSE results (2024/2025)

10 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
11.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
10%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
0.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
24.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
70.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
2.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
90%
Continuing in education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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