Mulberry Academy Hastings
Ofsted: Expected
Score
F38
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hastings, TN35 5DN
- Distance
- 11.7km away
Rye College
The Grove, Rye, TN31 7NQ
Local ranking19th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 117
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 616
- Boys
- 342 (53%)
- Girls
- 303 (47%)
- Capacity
- 750 (86% full)
- SEND
- 22.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.4%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 21.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,864/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
- 12.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 42.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- 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: 86.5%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
86.5%
White British
4.3%
White Other
2.5%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146825
- UKPRN
- 10082333
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- AQUINAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
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