The Burgess Hill Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Downlands Community School
Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Local ranking5th of 40 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 58.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 68.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 238
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1250
- Boys
- 644 (52%)
- Girls
- 606 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (104% full)
- SEND
- 22.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 8.3%
- EAL
- 4.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,613/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.1% 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
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- White British: 88.0%
- White Other: 5.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
88.0%
White British
5.5%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dale Avenue
Hassocks, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 126087
- UKPRN
- 10015265
- Establishment No.
- 4105
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