Mulberry Academy St Leonards
Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Francies
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Mulberry School for Girls
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- URN
- 152503
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01424448740
About this school
Mulberry Academy St Leonards is a secondary academy in St Leonards-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 11 to 16.
Ofsted has inspected Mulberry Academy St Leonards, and its latest judgement is set out below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The St Leonards Academy (URN 136400).
How Mulberry Academy St Leonards compares
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 42.6 | 9% | 33.8% | 1,315 | 2.0 miles |
| St Richard's Catholic College | — | — | — | 1,029 | 2.2 miles |
| Bexhill High Academy | 41.7 | 8.9% | 31.1% | 1,441 | 3.5 miles |
| Mulberry Academy Hastings | 38.2 | 10.2% | 45.8% | 833 | 3.9 miles |
| Claverham Community College | 50.3 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,147 | 5.1 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.
Location
Nearby schools
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Ark Alexandra Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Hastings
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St Richard's Catholic College2.2 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Bexhill High Academy3.5 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Mulberry Academy Hastings3.9 miles
Secondary · Hastings
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Claverham Community College5.1 miles
Secondary · Battle
Other schools in St Leonards-on-Sea
- 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
- Lansdowne Children's Centre Other types
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) Academies
- Saxon Mount School Academies
- Claremont School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Mulberry Academy St Leonards teach?
- Mulberry Academy St Leonards teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in St Leonards-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Mulberry Academy St Leonards?
- The headteacher of Mulberry Academy St Leonards is Mr Jon Francies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mulberry Academy St Leonards been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mulberry Academy St Leonards, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- Is Mulberry Academy St Leonards a faith school?
- No. Mulberry Academy St Leonards has no designated religious character.
- Is Mulberry Academy St Leonards a selective school?
- No. Mulberry Academy St Leonards is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Mulberry Academy St Leonards part of an academy trust?
- Mulberry Academy St Leonards 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 Mulberry Academy St Leonards have?
- The schools register lists Mulberry Academy St Leonards's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- Does Mulberry Academy St Leonards publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Mulberry Academy St Leonards. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 16 April 2026.