The Burgess Hill Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Downlands Community School
Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Local ranking9th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 57.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 85.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 75.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 231
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
- 632 (51%)
- Girls
- 618 (49%)
- 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Loading chart
- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dale Avenue
Hassocks, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 126087
- UKPRN
- 10015265
- Establishment No.
- 4105
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