Hailsham Academy
All-through schoolHailsham Academy is a all-through school in Wealden, for pupils aged 2 to 16. It had 1,577 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), March 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hailsham Academy was 35.4, against 43.9 in Wealden and 46.2 in England.
29.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wealden | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 35.4 | 43.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29.2% | 44.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47.2% | 64.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 233 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Ropemakers' AcademySpecial. Good (overall), June 2023330 m
- White House AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, May 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Grovelands Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025640 m
- Thornton Grove AcademyPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file920 m
- Hawkes Farm AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- East Sussex AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Inadequate (overall), February 2024, before the school changed, special measures1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wealden
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).