Saxon Mount School
Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TORFIELD AND SAXON MOUNT ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Higgins-Gooch
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 135
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 141475
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01424426303
About this school
Saxon Mount School is a special academy in St Leonards-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 172 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Saxon Mount School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 28 | 30 | 35 |
| Attainment 8 score | 10.3 | 10.6 | 8.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.78 -1.35 to -0.20 | -0.67 -1.22 to -0.11 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 2.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
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 Saxon Mount School 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 | 10.3 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 10.6 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 8.9 | 33.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 158 |
| 2023/24 | 160 |
| 2024/25 | 171 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.65%
- English as an additional language
- 7.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.91%
- Persistent absence
- 30.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lansdowne Children's Centre1.1 miles
Other types · St Leonards-on-Sea
-
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)1.4 miles
Academies · St Leonards-on-Sea
-
Glyne Gap School1.7 miles
Academies · Bexhill-on-Sea
-
St Mary's School and 6th Form College2.2 miles
Special schools · Bexhill on Sea
-
The Flagship School2.5 miles
Free Schools · Hastings
Other schools in St Leonards-on-Sea
- Lansdowne Children's Centre Other types
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) Academies
- Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy Primary
- Churchwood Primary School Primary
- Mulberry Silverdale Primary Primary
- Mulberry West St Leonards Primary Primary
- Robsack Wood Primary School Primary
- St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Paul's Church of England Academy Primary
- Mulberry Academy St Leonards Secondary
- Claremont School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Saxon Mount School teach?
- Saxon Mount School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in St Leonards-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Saxon Mount School?
- The headteacher of Saxon Mount School is Mr Adam Higgins-Gooch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Saxon Mount School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Saxon Mount School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Saxon Mount School?
- Saxon Mount School has 172 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Saxon Mount School full?
- Saxon Mount School has capacity for 135 pupils and 172 on roll (127%), so it is at or above 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 Saxon Mount School a faith school?
- No. Saxon Mount School has no designated religious character.
- Is Saxon Mount School part of an academy trust?
- Saxon Mount School is part of TORFIELD AND SAXON MOUNT ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Saxon Mount School have?
- The schools register lists Saxon Mount School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Saxon Mount School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 10.3 in 2022/23 and 8.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Saxon Mount School's absence rate?
- Saxon Mount School's overall absence rate is 9.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Saxon Mount School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Saxon Mount School'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.