Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 11 November 2025Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 10 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry250 applications · 155 places offered · 105 named it first
- 2026 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2024 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2019 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2018 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.6
- 2016 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2015 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.4
- 2014 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Tideway School (URN 114597), the previous school.
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 | 155 | 250 | 1.6 | 105 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 139 | 241 | 1.7 | 59 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2024 | 177 | 228 | 1.3 | 73 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2023 | 172 | 318 | 1.9 | 117 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2022 | 173 | 294 | 1.7 | 138 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 271 | 1.6 | 135 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 178 | 318 | 1.8 | 154 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 279 | 1.9 | 148 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 145 | 240 | 1.7 | 152 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 138 | 222 | 1.6 | 122 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 107 | 181 | 1.7 | 99 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 98 | 137 | 1.4 | 84 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 83 | 133 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.98 |
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.) | 141 | 42.7 | 45% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 139 | 40.3 | 40% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 141 | 39.2 | 40% | 57% | −0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 131 | 39.8 | 37% | 57% | −0.24 |
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
- Seahaven AcademyThis schoolThis school20251.6applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · East SussexGood20231.9applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · East SussexRemains Outstanding20231.8applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · Brighton and Hove20261.6applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.5applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · Brighton and HoveGood20223.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 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
- 140679 · 845/4004
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 701 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- Tideway School (URN 114597)
- Address
- Haven Way, Newhaven, BN9 9TD
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Lewes
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources