Phoenix Academy
Marshfoot Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2PH
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Thornton Grove Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Alun Evans
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 76
- URN
- 145016
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
Phoenix Academy was a primary academy in Hailsham. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 76 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Phoenix Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2017, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 21 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 57% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 71% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 48% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Phoenix 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 | 54% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 93 |
| 2024/25 | 76 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Phoenix Academy compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 8.5% | 63.2% | 76 | — |
| Thornton Grove Academy | — | — | — | 253 | 0.0 miles |
| White House Academy | 68% | 8.1% | 38.7% | 190 | 0.3 miles |
| Grovelands Community Primary School | — | — | — | 694 | 1.0 miles |
| Hawkes Farm Academy | 74% | 6.5% | 28% | 328 | 1.1 miles |
| Hellingly Community Primary School | — | — | — | 195 | 2.0 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)
- 63.16%
- English as an additional language
- 13.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.54%
- Persistent absence
- 23.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thornton Grove Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
White House Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
Grovelands Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
Hawkes Farm Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
Hellingly Community Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Hailsham
Other schools in Hailsham
- 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
- Hailsham Academy All-through
- East Sussex Academy Academies
- The Ropemakers' Academy Free Schools
- Bede's Senior School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Phoenix Academy teach?
- Phoenix Academy taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Hailsham.
- Has Phoenix Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Phoenix Academy 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 Phoenix Academy?
- Phoenix Academy had 76 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Phoenix Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Phoenix Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Phoenix 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 31 August 2025.