The Turing School, Eastbourne

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades The Turing School on 6 areas: 1 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an effective and coherent personal development programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Historically, pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, have not achieved as well as they should in national examinations."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Too many pupils do not attend school as often as they should."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The teaching strategies and methods used to help pupils understand key ideas are not consistently effective."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Most disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do not achieve as well as they should."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The quality of the school's provision in some key areas is currently inconsistent."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their attendance strategy is rigorously monitored so that it continues to improve overall attendance, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They should also make sure that their actions result in reducing persistent absence further, for all pupil groups"; "Leaders should work to ensure that teachers understand how to skilfully use assessment information and make appropriate adjustments to teaching or the curriculum so that pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, learn and achieve highly"; "Leaders should ensure the school's improvement actions are delivered effectively to bring about rapid improvements in all pupils' achievement, particularly in writing, mathematics and science, so that pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education, employment or training"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils develop secure and detailed knowledge across all aspects of the personal development programme so that they are well prepared for life beyond school".

In its own words: "At The Turing School, our vision is to cultivate an exceptional, inclusive, and forward-thinking learning organisation that empowers every student to realise their full potential and lead a happy, fulfilled life. By fostering a relentless focus on high achievement, we strive to ensure that each student is provided with outstanding learning experiences that lead to excellent academic and social-emotional outcomes."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, cricket, athletics, dance, art, film and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at The Turing School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 31.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in East Sussex and 47 across England.

19% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in East Sussex and 47% in England.

That is down from 34.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.99: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 24.3, against 36.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 81 families put The Turing School as their first choice and 203 named it as one of their preferences, for 168 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Turing School are The Eastbourne Academy (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.1); St Catherine's College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.6); Ratton School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); and Willingdon Community School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Turing School.

The Turing School is one of 19 schools run by Swale Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.5 in 2024/25.

155 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Turing School (as of April 2026): 51% would recommend the school, 50% say their child is happy there and 27% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (55%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (27%).

Of the 128 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 64% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

40.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 143 pupils (18.5%) received SEN support and 15 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Hampden Park (Sussex) Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Causeway School (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Turing School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 248 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in East Sussex (65), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Turing School issued 260 suspensions, 34 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Turing School are Shinewater Primary School (0.2 miles), Stone Cross School (0.6 miles), Heron Park Primary Academy (0.7 miles) and West Rise Primary School and Nursery (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.