Graded inspection · Mar 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry185 applications · 198 places offered · 128 named it first
- 2026 0.9; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2025 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 0.8; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Hailsham Community College (URN 138472), Hailsham Community College (URN 114586), the previous school.
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.5 per place (148 applications for 60 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 198 | 185 | 0.9 | 128 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2025 * | 193 | 186 | 1.0 | 145 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 * | 244 | 206 | 0.8 | 152 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2023 * | 275 | 293 | 1.1 | 234 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 * | 290 | 294 | 1.0 | 228 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 * | 239 | 288 | 1.2 | 217 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 235 | 261 | 1.1 | 215 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 * | 217 | 226 | 1.0 | 189 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 235 | 248 | 1.1 | 221 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 202 | 221 | 1.1 | 188 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 185 | 201 | 1.1 | 167 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 174 | 201 | 1.2 | 172 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 173 | 199 | 1.2 | 170 | 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.) | 233 | 35.4 | 29% | 47% | – |
| 2024/25 | – | ||||
| 2023/24 * | 202 | 33.9 | 26% | 47% | −0.83 |
| 2022/23 * | 214 | 40.4 | 29% | 55% | −0.55 |
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
- Hailsham AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses Inadequate20230.9applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · East Sussex20261.2applications per place 31.7Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20250.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · East Sussex20262.7applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20255.3applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · East SussexGood20231.9applications per place 50.0Attainment 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
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 152097 · 845/4012
- Trust
- Mark Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,181 pupils · 1,577 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- Hailsham Community College (URN 138472); Hailsham Community College (URN 114586)
- Address
- Battle Road, Hailsham, BN27 1DT
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Wealden
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources