Frewen College
Other independent special school · Mixed · East Sussex
Northiam, Rye, TN31 6NL
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Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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Attendance
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At a glance
Pupils on roll
107
Capacity used
Has space82%
130 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Age range
- 10–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Mark Loveday
- Address
- Northiam, Rye, TN31 6NL
- Phone
- 01797252494
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward / constituency
- Northern Rother · Bexhill and Battle
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114635
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 33% | — | — |
107 pupils · 130 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 15.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 5.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.26 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 51 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 21 | 0% | 29% | 57% | |
| Combined Science | 19 | 11% | 37% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 12% | 59% | 76% | |
| Mathematics | 14 | 21% | 36% | 79% | |
| History | 12 | 25% | 67% | 67% | |
| Art and Design | 12 | 42% | 67% | 75% | |
| Social Studies | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design & Technology | 6 | 17% | 67% | 83% | |
| Latin | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 18256: Frewen College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.