Willingdon Community School
Community secondary school in Eastbourne (East Sussex).
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Nearby schools
nearest first10 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Willingdon Primary School, 0.2 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willingdon Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.2 mi | Primary | 421 | Good, 2024 |
| Polegate Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.0 mi | Primary | 689 | Outstanding, 2020Ungraded inspection May 2025, no grade given |
| Oakwood Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.3 mi | Primary | 300 | Good, 2022 |
| The Lindfield SchoolAcademy special converter | 1.3 mi | Special | 123 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2024Last graded Outstanding (Dec 2015, previous school) |
| The Eastbourne AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.4 mi | Secondary | 776 | No overall grade, 2025Requires improvement in 1 key judgement, Inadequate in 3 |
| Parkland Infant SchoolAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 178 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 4 |
| Parkland Junior SchoolAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 243 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection May 2025, no grade given |
| Ratton SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 1,183 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all six areas |
| Ocklynge Junior SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Primary | 720 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2 |
| Summerdown SchoolFree schools special | 2.0 mi | Special | 174 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is close to the middle for deprivation in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 6 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 60
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