Chailey Heritage School

State-Funded School

chailey-heritage-school-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

East Grinstead and UckfieldConstituency

BN8 4EFPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Chailey Heritage School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in East Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 68 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 68
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Feb 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.