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Willingdon Community School: data, trends and context

Willingdon Community School is a secondary school in East Sussex. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
114592
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Community school
Status
Open
Local authority
East Sussex
Region
South East
Postcode
BN20 9QX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,117
FSM eligible
20.1%
EAL / First language other than English
3.5%
SEND (total)
23.4%
SEN Support
20.0%
EHCP
3.4%
White British
89.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.6%
Overall absence
7.4%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Severe absence
3.1%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
East SussexLocal authority90.6%9.4%3.6%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
17.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
45.0
English & maths grade 5+
48.5%
English & maths grade 4+
70.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Willingdon Community School against 25 similar schools

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Willingdon Community School is a secondary school in East Sussex. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.