Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Inadequate | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
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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 entryHistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2025 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as The St Leonards Academy (URN 136400), the previous school.
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 2025 * | 282 | 425 | 1.5 | 258 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 * | 292 | 329 | 1.1 | 186 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2023 * | 286 | 336 | 1.2 | 213 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2022 * | 287 | 358 | 1.3 | 217 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 * | 297 | 379 | 1.3 | 260 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 296 | 448 | 1.5 | 262 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 * | 292 | 499 | 1.7 | 323 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2018 * | 290 | 543 | 1.9 | 345 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 * | 290 | 527 | 1.8 | 356 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 * | 289 | 422 | 1.5 | 305 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 * | 224 | 306 | 1.4 | 209 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 215 | 289 | 1.3 | 202 | 0.94 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Mulberry Academy St LeonardsThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade2025
- 3.3 km · East Sussex20261.6applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · East SussexGood20212.4applications per place
- 5.6 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · East Sussex20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · East SussexRemains Good · improving20243.1applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · East SussexSpecial measures Inadequate20241.9applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 16.6 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 17.7 km · East SussexGood20231.8applications per place 40.6Attainment 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
- 152503 · 845/4013
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 March 2026
- Replaced
- The St Leonards Academy (URN 136400)
- Address
- Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Hastings
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources