Heathfield Community College

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Good May 24 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
Website: http://www.heathfieldcc.co.uk

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

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Art & Design	GCSE	63
Biology	GCSE	57
Business Studies:Single	GCSE	28
Chemistry	GCSE	56
Social Science: Citizenship	GCSE	1
Computer Studies/Computing	GCSE	22
Design & Technology	GCSE	59
Dance	GCSE	12
English Language	GCSE	237
English Literature	GCSE	232

Year 2022-2023

Admissions