Hailsham Community College
Battle Road, Hailsham, BN27 1DT
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Hailsham Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Thomas Redman Natalie Chamberlain
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,380
- Pupils on roll
- 1,615
- URN
- 138472
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
Hailsham Community College was an all-through academy in Hailsham. It taught children aged 2 to 18 and had 1,615 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hailsham Community College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2012, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 214 | 202 | 208 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 33.9 | 35.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.55 -0.74 to -0.35 | -0.83 -1.03 to -0.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 25.7% | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 46.5% | 46.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 5% | 5% | 12% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
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 Hailsham Community College 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 | 40.4 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.9 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.4 | 33.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,633 |
| 2023/24 | 1,657 |
| 2024/25 | 1,615 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hailsham Community College compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.4 | 10% | 27.3% | 1,615 | — |
| Hailsham Academy | — | 12% | — | 1,577 | 0.0 miles |
| The Cavendish School | 47.3 | 6.4% | 20.7% | 1,399 | 5.9 miles |
| Gildredge House | 46.7 | 6.4% | 18.8% | 1,169 | 6.7 miles |
| The Ropemakers' Academy | 0.9 | 34.4% | 67.6% | 115 | 0.2 miles |
| White House Academy | — | 8.1% | 38.7% | 190 | 0.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.32%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.04%
- Persistent absence
- 28.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hailsham Academy0.0 miles
All-through · Hailsham
-
The Cavendish School5.9 miles
All-through · Eastbourne
-
Gildredge House6.7 miles
All-through · Eastbourne
-
The Ropemakers' Academy0.2 miles
Free Schools · Hailsham
-
White House Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Hailsham
Other schools in Hailsham
- Hailsham Academy All-through
- Grovelands Community Primary School Primary
- Hawkes Farm Academy Primary
- Hellingly Community Primary School Primary
- Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School Primary
- Park Mead Primary School Primary
- Thornton Grove Academy Primary
- White House Academy Primary
- East Sussex Academy Academies
- The Ropemakers' Academy Free Schools
- Bede's Senior School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Hailsham Community College teach?
- Hailsham Community College taught children aged 2 to 18. It was an all-through school in Hailsham.
- Has Hailsham Community College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hailsham Community College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hailsham Community College?
- Hailsham Community College had 1,615 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 18.
- How have Hailsham Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.4 in 2022/23 and 35.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hailsham Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hailsham Community College'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 31 August 2025.