Hailsham Academy
Battle Road, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1DT ·
At a glance
A state all-through academy for ages 2–16 in Hailsham. Rated Inadequate at its last graded Ofsted inspection of its predecessor school (March 2023). GCSE results are well below the England average (Attainment 8: 35.4 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 195 families put it first for 258 places (September 2026 entry).
- Ages
- 2–16
- Pupils
- 1,577
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Academy trust
- MARK EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Thomas Redman Anna Robinson
- Opened
- Sept 2025
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 208 pupils
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)
128 of 128 first-preference applicants were offered a place (100%).
Earlier years include data recorded for this school's predecessor.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
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