Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in East Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 16 June 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard
- 20 February 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry358 applications · 223 places offered · 177 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 0.9; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 0.6; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2017 0.8; East Sussex median median 1.6
- 2016 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2015 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.4
- 2014 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.5
- This school
- East Sussex median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 223 | 358 | 1.6 | 177 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 229 | 398 | 1.7 | 172 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 355 | 638 | 1.8 | 419 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 | 357 | 576 | 1.6 | 371 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 351 | 518 | 1.5 | 324 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 277 | 377 | 1.4 | 227 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 297 | 394 | 1.3 | 222 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2019 | 299 | 258 | 0.9 | 131 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2018 | 172 | 102 | 0.6 | 64 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2017 | 132 | 107 | 0.8 | 41 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2016 | 77 | 113 | 1.5 | 69 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 101 | 142 | 1.4 | 95 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 118 | 181 | 1.5 | 110 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 238 | 45.4 | 53% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 221 | 42.6 | 41% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 258 | 38.4 | 33% | 52% | −0.79 |
| 2022/23 | 263 | 38.4 | 30% | 49% | −0.87 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ark Alexandra AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · East SussexSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 3.3 km · East Sussex20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · East SussexGood20212.4applications per place
- 8.3 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · East SussexRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · East SussexSpecial measures Inadequate20241.9applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · East SussexGood20231.8applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 19.7 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139821 · 845/4003
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,800 pupils · 1,315 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Address
- Park Avenue, William Parker Campus, Park Avenue, HASTINGS, TN34 2PG
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Hastings
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources