Rye College
About the school
Rye College is an open secondary school in East Sussex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 17 January 2023
- Published
- 6 March 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 36.8
- 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
- 35.00%
- East Sussex
- 41.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 52.40%
- East Sussex
- 63.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 21.40%
- East Sussex
- 36.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.13
- East Sussex
- 3.8
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
616
Girls
49.19%
Boys
50.81%
SEN support
21.75%
Education, health and care plan
0.81%
English as an additional language
4.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
36.36%
Overall absence
12.9
Persistent absence
42.52
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
116
Sustained education or employment
83%
Education
78%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
16%