School profile
Hazel Court School
Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8EJ
Overview
Hazel Court School is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Eastbourne, South East, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy special converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 135
- URN
- 145254
Admissions
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Academy trust or group
- THE SOUTHFIELD TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 25 June 2024 · Published 18 July 2024
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 25 November 2022 · Published 30 January 2023
Outcome: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 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.
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 8EJ
- Local authority
- East Sussex
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