Non-maintained special school

Chailey Heritage School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formEast Sussex, South East · Lewes BN8 4EFSchool website
Pupils on roll
68of 110 places
Free school meals
20.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
5
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 27 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Chailey Heritage School’s Year 11 leavers went next (the cohort is too small to report), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in East Sussex and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 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
Computer Science120%13%30%
Geography120%41%25%

Where Chailey Heritage School is

Other secondary schools in East Sussex are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from East Sussex’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in East Sussex

Beacon Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,642 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.2

Chailey School

Community school · 862 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3

Gildredge House

Free schools · 1,169 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7

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.