King's Academy Ringmer

King’s Academy Ringmer has effectively maintained its good performance since the last inspection in May 2019. The school provides a safe and supportive environment for its students, fostering strong relationships between staff and pupils. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, with a focus on character development as well as academic success, particularly benefiting pupils who struggled in primary school, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school's proactive approach to improving attendance, especially for disadvantaged students, has been notably successful, with pupils now attending regularly and arriving on time.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Effective support systems for pupils with SEND
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Exceptional programme of enrichment and extra-curricular activities
• Rigorous behaviour policy leading to improved conduct
• High expectations for academic performance

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding by some teachers

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at King's Academy Ringmer attended 90.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.8% of pupils at King's Academy Ringmer were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 King's Academy Ringmer had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.9% of pupils at King's Academy Ringmer were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 King's Academy Ringmer received £7,734 and spent £7,931 for each of its 642 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £724,000 (-£1,128 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of King'S Group Academies, income was £7,817 and spending £7,798 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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King's Academy Ringmer is part of King'S Group Academies, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• King's Academy College Park (Junior) Portsmouth
• King's Academy College Park (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Easthampstead Park Bracknell
• King's Academy Meadow Vale Bracknell
• King's Academy Binfield Bracknell
• King's Academy Oakwood Bracknell
• King's Academy Brune Park Gosport
• King's Academy Gomer Gosport

What is King's Academy Ringmer's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Academy Ringmer is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was King's Academy Ringmer last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Academy Ringmer was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does King's Academy Ringmer have?

King's Academy Ringmer has 659 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Academy Ringmer cover?

King's Academy Ringmer for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are King's Academy Ringmer's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.6, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King's Academy Ringmer?

King's Academy Ringmer is at Lewes Road, Ringmer, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5RB.