Hailsham Community College

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Mar 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
138472
Address
Battle Road, BN27 1DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1657 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.6%
Persistent absence
33.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.1%
Mixed 3.6%
Other White 3%
Unclassified 2.7%
Gypsy/Roma 1.2%
Other Asian 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
African 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.55
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award198
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award76
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hailsham Community College

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
60
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
71
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
60
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher30
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher28.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Nursery Year 1, Part-time
16
9
7
Nursery Year 2, Part-time
16
8
8
Nursery Year 2, Full-time
12
7
5
Reception, Part-time
2
1
1
Reception, Full-time
58
32
26
Year 1
59
32
27
Year 2
60
32
28
Year 3
58
22
36
Year 4
55
33
22
Year 7
244
132
112
Year 8
263
146
117
Year 9
238
118
120
Year 10
213
105
108
Year 11
204
100
104
Year 12
71
29
42
Year 13
77
37
40
Year 14
11
6
5
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
52.0%
48.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
10.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
8.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020