Peacehaven Community School


Peacehaven Community School is a mixed secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds in Peacehaven, in East Sussex in the United Kingdom.
The school was opened in 2001 following a 40-year campaign by the local community for a secondary school in Peacehaven.
It is a foundation school administered by East Sussex County Council and the Peacehaven Co-operative Learning Trust. Governance of the school is by an Interim Executive Board.

Ofsted inspections

The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and again 2016. For both inspections, the school was awarded a grade 3 or 'unsatisfactory' mark overall, despite previously being a 'good' school. This is reflected in the latest exam results, released in August 2016, which show only 38% of students achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. English and maths compared to the 53% national average. This is 4 points down on the previous year from 42%, despite local authority intervention in the governance of the school and the guidance of the SWALE Academies Trust.
It was again inspected in October 2018, and was awarded a grade 2 or 'good' mark overall.