Mulberry Academy Hastings
Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Simon Addison
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Mulberry School for Girls
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 833
- URN
- 136401
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01424711950
About this school
Mulberry Academy Hastings is a secondary academy in Hastings. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 833 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 170 | 173 | 148 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.3 | 33.4 | 38.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.48 -1.70 to -1.26 | -1.29 -1.51 to -1.07 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 23.1% | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 43.9% | 55.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 9% | 30.1% | 8.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mulberry Academy Hastings has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30.3 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.4 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.2 | 33.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 18.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 862 |
| 2023/24 | 839 |
| 2024/25 | 808 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mulberry Academy Hastings compares
Mulberry Academy Hastings ranked 19th of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.2 | 10.2% | 45.8% | 833 | — |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 42.6 | 9% | 33.8% | 1,315 | 2.0 miles |
| Mulberry Academy St Leonards | — | — | — | — | 3.9 miles |
| St Richard's Catholic College | — | — | — | 1,029 | 6.1 miles |
| Claverham Community College | 50.3 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,147 | 6.9 miles |
| Bexhill High Academy | 41.7 | 8.9% | 31.1% | 1,441 | 7.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 26 September 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.79%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.24%
- Persistent absence
- 32.88%
Location
Nearby schools
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Ark Alexandra Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Hastings
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Mulberry Academy St Leonards3.9 miles
Secondary · St Leonards-on-Sea
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St Richard's Catholic College6.1 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Claverham Community College6.9 miles
Secondary · Battle
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Bexhill High Academy7.2 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
Other schools in Hastings
- Ark Alexandra Academy Secondary
- All Saints CofE Junior Academy Primary
- Ark Blacklands Primary Academy Primary
- Ark Castledown Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Dudley Infant Academy Primary
- Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School Primary
- Mulberry Baird Primary Primary
- Ore Village Primary Academy Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
- Sandown Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Westfield School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mulberry Academy Hastings teach?
- Mulberry Academy Hastings teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hastings.
- Who is the head teacher of Mulberry Academy Hastings?
- The head teacher of Mulberry Academy Hastings is Simon Addison, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mulberry Academy Hastings last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mulberry Academy Hastings, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mulberry Academy Hastings?
- Mulberry Academy Hastings has 833 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Mulberry Academy Hastings full?
- Mulberry Academy Hastings has capacity for 900 pupils and 833 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mulberry Academy Hastings a faith school?
- No. Mulberry Academy Hastings has no designated religious character.
- Is Mulberry Academy Hastings a selective school?
- No. Mulberry Academy Hastings is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Mulberry Academy Hastings?
- Mulberry Academy Hastings is part of MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Mulberry Academy Hastings have?
- The schools register lists Mulberry Academy Hastings's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mulberry Academy Hastings's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 30.3 in 2022/23 and 38.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mulberry Academy Hastings rank locally?
- Mulberry Academy Hastings ranked 19th of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mulberry Academy Hastings's absence rate?
- Mulberry Academy Hastings's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mulberry Academy Hastings's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mulberry Academy Hastings's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.