Ringmer Community College
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Ringmer Community College is a smaller-than-average secondary school. It has been an academy since August 2011. King’s Group Academies became the school’s academy sponsor on 1 December 2016. The sixth form caters for a small number of pupils in Year 13. No pupils were admitted to Year 12 in September 2016. The sixth-form provision is supported by a strategic partnership with Roedean School. The proportion of pupils who are supported by the pupil premium is slightly below the Inspection report: Ringmer Community College, 11–12 January 2017 Page 9 of 12 national average. Most pupils are from a White British background and there is a very low proportion who speak English as an additional language. The percentage of pupils in the school who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is well below the national average. The school offers specialist provision for pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Two places are offered each year via the local authority for pupils who are identified as having high needs. The proportion of pupils in the school who have a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is well above the national average. The headteacher who was in post at the time of the previous inspection in April 2014 left the school in May 2016. The school is currently led by an acting principal. A new principal is due to join the school at the end of February 2017 and the chair of governors took up her post in mid-December 2016. A small number of pupils in key stage 4 attend Plumpton College on a part-time basis as part of their curriculum provision. In 2015, the school met the floor standards for what the government expects pupils to achieve by the end of Year 11. The school does not meet requirements on the publication of information about the Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium funding on its website. The school does not comply with Department for Education guidance on what academies should publish about governors’ information and duties, and the Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium funding on its website.