The Cavendish School
About the school
The Cavendish School is an open all-through school in East Sussex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 28 January 2025
- Published
- 2 March 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 47.3
- East Sussex
- 43.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- East Sussex
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 52.90%
- East Sussex
- 41.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 71.80%
- East Sussex
- 63.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 43.50%
- East Sussex
- 36.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.17
- East Sussex
- 3.8
- England
- 4.09
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 82%
- East Sussex
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 10%
- East Sussex
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 89%
- East Sussex
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 84%
- East Sussex
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 98%
- East Sussex
- 71%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 92%
- East Sussex
- 66%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 52%
- East Sussex
- 19%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 82%
- East Sussex
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- East Sussex
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 109
- East Sussex
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 111
- East Sussex
- 103
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1372
Girls
51.09%
Boys
48.91%
SEN support
10.13%
Education, health and care plan
1.68%
English as an additional language
8.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
20.65%
Overall absence
6.4
Persistent absence
13.38
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
175
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
90%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
6%