Hailsham Academy, Hailsham

Overview

Hailsham Academy is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Hailsham, South East, for pupils aged 2–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy converter
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: All-through
Age range: Ages 2–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 2,181
Pupils on roll: 1,577
URN: 152097

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: East Sussex
Academy trust or group: MARK EDUCATION TRUST

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Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

Entry point

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 128
Total preferences: 185
Offers made: 198

First preferences compared with offers

0.65 first preferences per offer

128 first preferences and 198 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	128	185	198

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 13 March 2023 · Published 16 May 2023

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Hailsham Community College. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.

Overall effectiveness

Inadequate

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate
Personal development: Requires improvement
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Early years provision (where applicable): Good
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good

Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.

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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty

Location

Address: Battle Road, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1DT
Local authority: East Sussex
Area: Schools in Wealden

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