Summerdown School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNo overall grade
About the School
Summerdown School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–16, located in East Sussex, South East.
It currently serves 174 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Quality ofeducation
Outstanding
Personaldevelopment
Outstanding
Behaviour &attitudes
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 0%
- Higher standard
- 0%
- Reading score
- 80
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
70%Boys
30%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 3 – 16
- Total pupils
- 174
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2025 | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Not judged |
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.
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