Ark Alexandra Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,315 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
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The Lindfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 123of 95 places
- Free school meals
- 53.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 22
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 16 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Lindfield School (URN 114693, until 1 April 2016).
What the data says
Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Lindfield School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 8.6 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | The Lindfield School | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 23 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 48% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Lindfield School | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 8.6 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.46 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 7.7 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 9.5 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 18 | 82% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 17% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 45% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| Geography | 8 | 36% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 0% |
| English Language | 8 | 36% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Music | 8 | 36% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 13% |
| Statistics | 8 | 36% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| Combined Science | 8 | 36% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 0% |
Where The Lindfield 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
Bexhill High Academy
Academy converter · 1,441 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Chailey School
Community school · 862 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Claverham Community College
Community school · 1,147 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
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.