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Robertsbridge Community College

Secondary Ages 11-16 644 pupils Robertsbridge
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Robertsbridge Community College is an academy sponsor led in Robertsbridge for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 644 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.3, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Knelle Road
Robertsbridge
East Sussex
TN32 5EA
Phone 01580880360
Reference Number 151564

General Makeup

Number of pupils 644
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.47%
Girls: 49.53%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 53 40 93
8 54 77 131
9 62 83 145
10 73 66 139
11 83 53 136

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.9%
White & Asian 2.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
White, Other 1.7%
Asian, Other 1.1%
African 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
40.3

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 40.7%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 50.4%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 80 7
Third Preference 71 2
From another Local Authority 19 5

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Robertsbridge Community College had 721 pupils for 800 places. 79 places (9.9%) were unfilled.

Year 7 intake in the “Robertsbridge and Surrounding Secondary” planning area

East Sussex counted 146 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 140 in 2031–32, down 4%.

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 Robertsbridge Community College attended 88.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 37.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 7.9%
Unauthorised absence 4.0%
Severely absent pupils 5.1%

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 2025–26 Robertsbridge Community College had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 10.0
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 16.9% of pupils at Robertsbridge Community College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has a SEN unit with 11 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 23 14
Social, emotional and mental health 32 1
Specific learning difficulty 26 1
Speech, language and communication needs 19 4
Moderate learning difficulty 2 4
Hearing impairment 3 2
Other difficulty or disability 3 0
Physical disability 0 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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.

Name Distance
Salehurst Church of England Primary School
George Hill, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5BU
0.62 miles
Mountfield Heath School
John's Cross Road, John's Cross, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5FA
1.91 miles
Etchingham Church of England Primary School
Parsonage Croft, High Street, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7BY
2.04 miles
Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and Nursery
London Road, Hurst Green, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7PN
2.13 miles
Netherfield CofE Primary School
Darvel Down, Netherfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9QF
3.22 miles
Burwash CofE School
School Hill, Burwash, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7DZ
3.25 miles
Staplecross Methodist Primary School
Bodiam Road, Staplecross, Bodiam Road, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5QD
3.3 miles
Bodiam Church of England Primary School
Castle Road, Bodiam, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5UH
3.51 miles
Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School
Steellands Rise, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7DH
4.71 miles
Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School
Brede Lane, Sedlescombe, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0RQ
4.82 miles
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School
Fowlers Park, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4JJ
4.83 miles
Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School
Market Road, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0HQ
4.86 miles
Stonegate Church of England Primary School
Station Road, Stonegate, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7EN
4.89 miles
Name Distance
Darvell School
Darvell, Brightling Road, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5DR
0.19 miles
Marlborough House Vinehall School
Vinehall Road, Robertsbridge, TN32 5JL
2.37 miles
Claverham Community College
North Trade Road, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0HT
4.85 miles

All schools in Robertsbridge · East Sussex local authority: places and applications

How many pupils does Robertsbridge Community College have?

Robertsbridge Community College has 644 pupils on roll.

What age range does Robertsbridge Community College cover?

Robertsbridge Community College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Robertsbridge Community College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.3, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Robertsbridge Community College?

Robertsbridge Community College is at Knelle Road, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EA.

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