Eastbourne College
Address: Old Wish Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4JX
Website: eastbourne-college.co.uk
Founded: 1867
Number of Pupils: 650
Fees: Day £23,895 – £24,375. Boarding £36,420 – £36,975 (2019/20)
Ages: 13-18
Head Teacher: Tom Lawson MA (Oxon)
Religious Affiliation: Church of England and welcomes all faiths
Entrance Procedure: For Year 9 entry: scholarship or early offer process – underlying ability score data and a detailed headmaster/mistress reference about a Year 6 or 7 pupil who is registered with us and whom we have been able to meet during a personal visit in order to make a firm offer of a place.
For sixth form entry: visit College by end of Year 10 / early Year 11, including interview with headmaster and tour; scholarship or entry requirement at GCSE grade average of 6 or above.
Contact: Louisa Cluskey, admissions, 01323 452323
Email: [email protected]
School Visits: Virtual open morning – Saturday 3 October from 9.00am – 10.00am. Individual visits are available during term time. Please contact admissions for further information.
The Curriculum
The College offers a gold standard curriculum, GCSE and A-level being the core assessments taken at the end of Year 11 and Year 13 respectively. Gold Arts Award and the popular Extended Project Qualification are also an option. The College has one of the most comprehensive co-curricular programmes of any independent senior school and ranks in the top four per cent in terms of ‘value added’ (the measure of how much improvement a pupil shows against their original predicted grades); the majority of subject areas adding a whole grade boundary to predicted grades on average from GCSE to A-level.
Games & The Arts
Pastoral Care
Pupils’ lives at Eastbourne are centred on their houses and boys and girls find themselves very much part of a house community. In both boarding and day houses, pupils receive the unstinting support of a housemaster or housemistress.
University Places
Over 70 per cent of pupils go on to Russell Group universities every year.
Head Teacher’s Philosophy
Outstanding Characteristics
The College has recently completed a £33 million redevelopment, the Winn Building, which has transformed the main campus into a bright, contemporary learning space with facilities on a par with the best in Britain.
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