# New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)

New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) is a special school in Hastings, for pupils aged 5 to 16.

It had 80 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E142151. [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Academy special converter
- Ages: 5 to 16
- Pupils: 80
- Council: Hastings
- URN: 142151

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 24 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in East Sussex and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) was 7.1, against 38.5 in Hastings and 46.2 in England.
0% 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 | 0% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 92 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 86 | 104 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Hastings | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 7.1 | 38.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 36.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 56.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 11 | – | – |

New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Hollington Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollington-primary-school-e150267): 80 m. Primary. Inadequate (overall), July 2022, before the school changed, special measures. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mulberry Silverdale Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-silverdale-primary-e141713): 630 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Churchwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/churchwood-primary-school-e141261): 770 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-little-ridge-primary-academy-e141022): 1.1 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ark Alexandra Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-alexandra-academy-e139821): 1.4 km. Secondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Robsack Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/robsack-wood-primary-school-e141263): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142151)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142151)

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