Bexhill High Academy
Gunters Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4BY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Principal
- Headteacher Craig Neal
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Mulberry School for Girls
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,441
- URN
- 138895
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01424730722
About this school
Bexhill High Academy is a secondary academy in Bexhill-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,441 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 267 | 300 | 291 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.9 | 40.9 | 41.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.69 -0.86 to -0.52 | -0.59 -0.76 to -0.43 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 37% | 34.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 58.7% | 60.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 24% | 43.3% | 22.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
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 Bexhill High Academy 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 | 39.9 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.9 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.7 | 33.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,519 |
| 2023/24 | 1,507 |
| 2024/25 | 1,454 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bexhill High Academy compares
Bexhill High Academy ranked 16th of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.7 | 8.9% | 31.1% | 1,441 | — |
| St Richard's Catholic College | — | — | — | 1,029 | 1.7 miles |
| Mulberry Academy St Leonards | — | — | — | — | 3.5 miles |
| Claverham Community College | 50.3 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,147 | 4.2 miles |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 42.6 | 9% | 33.8% | 1,315 | 5.2 miles |
| Mulberry Academy Hastings | 38.2 | 10.2% | 45.8% | 833 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.09%
- English as an additional language
- 9.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.88%
- Persistent absence
- 23.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Richard's Catholic College1.7 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Mulberry Academy St Leonards3.5 miles
Secondary · St Leonards-on-Sea
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Claverham Community College4.2 miles
Secondary · Battle
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Ark Alexandra Academy5.2 miles
Secondary · Hastings
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Mulberry Academy Hastings7.2 miles
Secondary · Hastings
Other schools in Bexhill-on-Sea
- St Richard's Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill Primary
- Chantry Community Primary School Primary
- Glenleigh Park Primary Academy Primary
- King Offa Primary Academy Primary
- Little Common School Primary
- Pebsham Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School Primary
- Bexhill College 16 plus
- Bexhill Independent Special School Special schools
- East Sussex Skills Academy Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Bexhill High Academy teach?
- Bexhill High Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Bexhill-on-Sea.
- Who is the principal of Bexhill High Academy?
- The principal of Bexhill High Academy is Headteacher Craig Neal, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bexhill High Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bexhill High Academy, 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 Bexhill High Academy?
- Bexhill High Academy has 1,441 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bexhill High Academy full?
- Bexhill High Academy has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,441 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bexhill High Academy a faith school?
- No. Bexhill High Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bexhill High Academy a selective school?
- No. Bexhill High Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bexhill High Academy?
- Bexhill High Academy 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 Bexhill High Academy have?
- The schools register lists Bexhill High Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bexhill High Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.9 in 2022/23 and 41.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bexhill High Academy rank locally?
- Bexhill High Academy ranked 16th of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bexhill High Academy's absence rate?
- Bexhill High Academy's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bexhill High Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bexhill High Academy'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.