The Burgess Hill Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
- Distance
- 7.6km away
Chailey School
Mill Lane, South Chailey, Lewes, BN8 4PU
Local ranking5th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
870
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 71.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 168
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 855
- Boys
- 448 (52%)
- Girls
- 407 (48%)
- Capacity
- 870 (98% full)
- SEND
- 15.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.3%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,171/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
89.3%
White British
4.7%
White Other
2.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 114594
- UKPRN
- 10009884
- Establishment No.
- 4042
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