Seahaven Academy
Haven Way, Newhaven, BN9 9TD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Mark Newnham-Reeve
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 701
- URN
- 140679
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01273517601
About this school
Seahaven Academy is a secondary academy in Newhaven. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 701 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
- Expected standard
- 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 | 131 | 141 | 139 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.8 | 39.2 | 40.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 -0.48 to +0.01 | -0.23 -0.47 to +0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 40.4% | 39.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 56.7% | 64.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 35% | 42.6% | 38.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.6 | 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 Seahaven 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 | 39.8 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.2 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.3 | 33.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 754 |
| 2023/24 | 769 |
| 2024/25 | 745 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Seahaven Academy compares
Seahaven Academy ranked 17th of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.3 | 12.6% | 35.2% | 701 | — |
| Peacehaven Community School | 40.1 | 11.2% | 23.5% | 890 | 1.8 miles |
| Seaford Head School | 49.4 | 8.6% | 20.3% | 1,461 | 3.6 miles |
| Longhill High School | 32.9 | 16.8% | 44.3% | 632 | 5.2 miles |
| Priory School | 46.4 | 12.1% | 19.4% | 1,153 | 5.8 miles |
| King's Academy Ringmer | 47.6 | 10% | 22% | 659 | 7.6 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 report11 November 2025
- 10 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.17%
- English as an additional language
- 10.1%
- Overall absence
- 12.64%
- Persistent absence
- 31.69%
Location
Nearby schools
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Peacehaven Community School1.8 miles
Secondary · Peacehaven
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Seaford Head School3.6 miles
Secondary · Seaford
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Longhill High School5.2 miles
Secondary · Brighton
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Priory School5.8 miles
Secondary · Lewes
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King's Academy Ringmer7.6 miles
Secondary · Lewes
Other schools in Newhaven
- Breakwater Academy Primary
- Denton Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Harbour Primary and Nursery School Primary
- High Cliff Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Seahaven Academy teach?
- Seahaven Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Newhaven.
- Who is the principal of Seahaven Academy?
- The principal of Seahaven Academy is Mr Mark Newnham-Reeve, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Seahaven Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Seahaven 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 Seahaven Academy?
- Seahaven Academy has 701 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Seahaven Academy full?
- Seahaven Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 701 on roll (78%), 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 Seahaven Academy a faith school?
- No. Seahaven Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Seahaven Academy?
- Seahaven Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Seahaven Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.8 in 2022/23 and 40.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Seahaven Academy rank locally?
- Seahaven Academy ranked 17th of 22 secondary schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Seahaven Academy's absence rate?
- Seahaven Academy's overall absence rate is 12.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Seahaven Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Seahaven 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.