Seahaven Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 10 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
140679
Address
Haven Way, BN9 9TD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
745 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
10.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.3%
Persistent absence
30.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.6%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 5%
African 2.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1.3%
Chinese 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.2
Local authority average 43
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.52
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE47
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE136
English LiteratureGCSE130
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
FrenchGCSE52
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Seahaven Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
59
2nd preference
121
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
59
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
147
80
67
Year 8
168
87
81
Year 9
143
75
68
Year 10
146
79
67
Year 11
141
71
70
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
52.0%
44.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
5.0%
14.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
18.0%
24.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
7.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023