Heathfield Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
114587
Address
Cade Street, TN21 8RJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1450 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
1.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.6%
Mixed 4.5%
Other White 2.8%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.6
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.64
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE63
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE56
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE59
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE237
English LiteratureGCSE232
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Heathfield Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
110
130
Year 8
248
135
113
Year 9
235
127
108
Year 10
235
120
115
Year 11
230
104
126
Year 12
153
80
73
Year 13
109
56
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
48.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
10.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
8.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020