Ark Alexandra Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,315 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Free schools
Gildredge House
- Pupils on roll
- 1,169of 1,232 places
- Free school meals
- 19.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 148
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 1 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Gildredge House has no sixth form. Of the 144 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 28% moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 48% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.7 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Gildredge House is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Gildredge House | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 144 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 28% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Gildredge House | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.7 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.1 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.0 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 146 | 99% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 146 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 145 | 98% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 88 | 59% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 58% |
| History | 74 | 50% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 66% |
| Business Studies | 71 | 48% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 65% |
| Geography | 68 | 46% | 41% | 26% | 25% | 69% |
| Physics | 56 | 38% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 56 | 38% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 93% |
| Biology | 55 | 37% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 98% |
| Physical Education | 30 | 20% | 11% | 3% | 24% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 18% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 37% |
| Fine Art | 24 | 16% | 9% | 21% | 28% | 92% |
| Drama | 24 | 16% | 7% | 8% | 27% | 92% |
| Spanish | 22 | 15% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 82% |
| 3D Design | 20 | 14% | 2% | 15% | 16% | 45% |
| Photography | 17 | 11% | 6% | 29% | 19% | 65% |
| Music | 16 | 11% | 5% | 19% | 33% | 81% |
| French | 13 | 9% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 69% |
| German | 11 | 7% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 55% |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Graphic Communication | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
| Religious Studies | 2 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 48 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 2 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 1 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in East Sussex
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.2
Bexhill High Academy
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Chailey School
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Claverham Community College
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
Hailsham Academy
Academy converter · 1,577 pupils
86% stayed in education
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.