The Burgess Hill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2019 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
West Sussex
Unique reference
142089
Address
Station Road, RH15 9EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1081 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.3%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.1%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 3.7%
Bangladeshi 3%
Indian 1.8%
African 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Other Asian 1%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.2
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.72
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE168
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Burgess Hill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
29
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
102
79
Year 8
227
111
116
Year 9
229
119
110
Year 10
212
113
99
Year 11
232
106
126
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
30.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022