Northease Manor School

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 7–19East Sussex, Lewes BN7school website

A special school in East Sussex for ages 7–19: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
115

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from East Sussex’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 122 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

18.2Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school18.2
East Sussex43.1
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 13 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (East Sussex 42%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureNorthease Manor SchoolEast SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)18.243.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score1.453.804.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—30.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—47.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—7%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

36.38%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Green & Sustainability29%
Engineering & Manufacturing27%
Health & Safety27%
Natural Sciences25%
Transversal Skills12%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects10

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Combined Science969%65%11%9%78%
History646%41%0%26%50%
Art and Design431%7%—24%—
Photography431%6%—19%—
Food Preparation and Nutrition323%8%—21%—
Design and Technology323%11%—23%—
Geography215%41%—25%—
Business Studies18%18%—20%—
Citizenship Studies18%3%—19%—
Textiles18%2%—27%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications2
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama7——
Sports Studies2——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Green & Sustainability42%
Health & Safety40%
Natural Sciences39%
Engineering & Manufacturing33%
Transversal Skills26%
Language & Communication22%
Mathematics & Statistics17%
Digital & ICT Skills17%
Arts & Humanities16%
Law & Public Administration10%
Social & Cultural Skills7%
Business & Administration5%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

particle model 6.4fraction 6.0vocabulary 5.0change of state 4.9percentage 4.8energy transfer 4.8photosynthesis 4.5observation 4.3measurement 3.9scale 3.9adaptation 3.9ratio 3.8force 3.7standard form 3.6temperature 3.5reflection 3.5critical source 3.5diffusion 3.5power 3.5context 3.4technique 3.4state of matter 3.4conservation of mass 3.4material property 3.4

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, ratio, data collection from Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry and 7 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses conservation of mass, energy change, unit conversion from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses climate change, conduct field work, data collection from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
More apprenticeships9
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, sampling technique from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, dna, mixture from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, periodic table, resistance from Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: battery test technician
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses scale, data collection, colour from Art and Design, Chemistry, Physics and 4 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, standard form, ph scale from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses punctuation, spelling, grammar from English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses interpretation, colour, presentation from Art and Design, Geography, History and 3 more · jobs: storyboard artist
Water industry treatment process technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, si unit from Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology and 2 more · jobs: wastewater treatment technician, water plant technician, recycling specialist
Heat network maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses climate change, temperature, scale from Chemistry, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Physics and 2 more · jobs: maintenance and repair engineer, lean manager
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with East Sussex, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk East Sussex’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.