Summerdown School
Special / other · Eastbourne · BN22 9PZ
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
174 pupils · 100% of 155 capacity
- School type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 3–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 99.4% of pupils
- Website
- www.thesouthfieldtrust.com
- URN
- 149138
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
13 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school
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.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 28 January 2025: S5 Inspection
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.