Robertsbridge Community College
Secondary · Robertsbridge · TN32 5EA
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 23 April 2024. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 23 April 2024
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644 pupils · 86% of 750 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151564
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 76 families named it first for 118 Year 7 places, 0.64 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 16000 m (≈9.94 mi); distance decided places in 8 of the 10 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2017 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 23 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.64 first-choice applications per place118 places offered · 76 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 16000 m (≈9.94 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: Resourced provision and SEN unit.
- SEN unit
- 8 of 12 places taken places may be available
- Resourced provision
- 8 of 12 places taken places may be available
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 88% (East Sussex 80%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (East Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (East Sussex 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Sussex: 29.68 suspensions and 0.13 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 2.51% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,188; 7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 39.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 37.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 86.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 6.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 65.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 43.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021132 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £480,00051 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £325,000–£590,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
- Salehurst Church of England Primary School
- Etchingham Church of England Primary School
- Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Netherfield CofE Primary School
- Burwash CofE School
- Staplecross Methodist Primary School
- Bodiam Church of England Primary School
- Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School
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