Graded inspection · Oct 2021 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in East Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry463 applications · 196 places offered · 262 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 2.4; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 2.5; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; East Sussex median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as St Richard's Catholic College (URN 114612), 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 | 196 | 463 | 2.4 | 262 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2025 * | 199 | 476 | 2.4 | 253 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 * | 199 | 487 | 2.5 | 312 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2023 * | 200 | 389 | 2.0 | 240 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 * | 204 | 456 | 2.2 | 272 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2021 * | 200 | 438 | 2.2 | 299 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 * | 193 | 426 | 2.2 | 280 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2019 * | 198 | 395 | 2.0 | 262 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 * | 198 | 360 | 1.8 | 251 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 * | 193 | 412 | 2.1 | 284 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2016 * | 188 | 343 | 1.8 | 257 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 * | 198 | 308 | 1.6 | 245 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2014 * | 191 | 321 | 1.7 | 238 | 1.25 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Richard's Catholic CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20212.4applications per place
- 2.7 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · East SussexSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 6.7 km · East Sussex20261.6applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · East SussexRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · East Sussex20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 14.5 km · East Sussex20261.2applications per place 31.7Attainment 8
- 16.0 km · East SussexSpecial measures Inadequate20241.9applications per place 40.3Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 151779 · 845/4606
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 1,029 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2025
- Replaced
- St Richard's Catholic College (URN 114612)
- Address
- Ashdown Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Rother
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources