Ringmer runs its own primary and its own secondary, which is more than most villages this size manage. Key Stage Two maths sits slightly above the national benchmark. Key Stage Four attainment lands about at the England average. Neither headline number is dramatic, but taken together they say the village has a functioning education stack for a population of about three thousand.
Primary provision counts two mainstream state primaries in the area, one of which is Ringmer Primary and Nursery School in the village itself. Key Stage Two maths average score comes in at about 103, a few points above the national benchmark of 100. It's a small margin rather than a headline result, but the direction is up rather than down. The surrounding parishes add more primaries within a reasonable school run, including Barcombe Church of England Primary, Newick Church of England Primary, Chailey St Peter's Church of England Primary, Hamsey Community Primary, Firle Church of England Primary, Laughton Community Primary, East Hoathly Church of England Primary and Chiddingly Primary. Which one your child actually gets into depends on where you live and how the admission arithmetic falls out that year.
Secondary provision in the area amounts to one mainstream state secondary, King's Academy Ringmer, which is in the village itself. Attainment 8, the pupil-weighted score for state secondaries, comes in at around 48 points, close to the England average. Chailey School operates in the neighbouring parishes and is another option for families who prefer a state secondary a little further out. Chailey Heritage School provides specialist provision for children with complex needs, and its presence in the area is one of the quieter facts about the education landscape here.
The catchment caveat is the same as everywhere. Naming a school doesn't guarantee admission to it. Lewes district admissions run on distance and priority rules, and the closer the more-popular state options get to being full, the sharper the actual admission boundary becomes. If you're buying with a specific school in mind, verify the current admission distance for that school before you make the offer, not after. The estate agent will tell you the school is on the doorstep. The admissions office will tell you whether that means anything in the year you're applying.
Ringmer's schools are the reliable-average sort, which is what a three-out-of-five rating looks like when it's written out. Not the reason to move here on their own, and not a reason to move away either.