Bexhill High Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
138895
Address
Gunters Lane, TN39 4BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1507 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
8.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.3%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.7%
Mixed 5.9%
Other White 3.5%
African 1.8%
Indian 1.5%
Other Asian 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 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
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.9
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.46
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
TourismTechnical Award19
Art & DesignTechnical Award1
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award32
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE60
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bexhill High Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
293
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
222
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
11
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 classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
302
158
144
Year 8
298
150
148
Year 9
291
130
161
Year 10
310
163
147
Year 11
306
146
160
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
52.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022