Mulberry Baird Primary
Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mrs Carly Welch
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Mulberry School for Girls
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 444
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- URN
- 140493
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01424425670
About this school
Mulberry Baird Primary is a primary academy in Hastings. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 276 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 45 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 47% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 64% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 46% | 53% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 53% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mulberry Baird Primary 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 | 20% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 349 |
| 2023/24 | 331 |
| 2024/25 | 317 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mulberry Baird Primary compares
Mulberry Baird Primary ranked 87th of 131 primary schools in East Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 7.8% | 50.5% | 276 | — |
| Ark Castledown Primary Academy | 78% | 6.4% | 58.4% | 403 | 0.4 miles |
| Ark Blacklands Primary Academy | 92% | 5.1% | 21.9% | 623 | 0.5 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.5 miles |
| Dudley Infant Academy | — | 6% | 31% | 169 | 0.7 miles |
| All Saints CofE Junior Academy | 63% | 5.4% | 31.8% | 222 | 0.7 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)
- 50.51%
- English as an additional language
- 12%
- Overall absence
- 7.83%
- Persistent absence
- 24.01%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ark Castledown Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
Dudley Infant Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
All Saints CofE Junior Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Hastings
Other schools in Hastings
Mulberry Baird Primary ranks 7th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Hastings.
- 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
- Ore Village Primary Academy Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
- Sandown Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Westfield School Primary
- Ark Alexandra Academy Secondary
- Mulberry Academy Hastings Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mulberry Baird Primary teach?
- Mulberry Baird Primary teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hastings.
- Who is the executive principal of Mulberry Baird Primary?
- The executive principal of Mulberry Baird Primary is Mrs Carly Welch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mulberry Baird Primary last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mulberry Baird Primary, 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 Baird Primary?
- Mulberry Baird Primary has 276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mulberry Baird Primary full?
- Mulberry Baird Primary has capacity for 444 pupils and 276 on roll (62%), 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 Baird Primary a faith school?
- No. Mulberry Baird Primary has no designated religious character.
- Does Mulberry Baird Primary have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mulberry Baird Primary as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Mulberry Baird Primary?
- Mulberry Baird Primary 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.
- How have Mulberry Baird Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 20% in 2022/23 and 56% 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 Baird Primary rank locally?
- Mulberry Baird Primary ranked 87th of 131 primary schools in East Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% 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 Baird Primary's absence rate?
- Mulberry Baird Primary's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mulberry Baird Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mulberry Baird Primary'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.