East Sussex Skills Academy
Down Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Matt Jacobs
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Bromley College of Further and Higher Education
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 94
- URN
- 152509
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
East Sussex Skills Academy is a special academy in Bexhill-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 11 to 16.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The Workplace (URN 147855).
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's School and 6th Form College0.9 miles
Special schools · Bexhill on Sea
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Glyne Gap School1.5 miles
Academies · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Bexhill Independent Special School1.6 miles
Special schools · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Headstart2.8 miles
Special schools · Battle
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Saxon Mount School3.1 miles
Academies · St Leonards-on-Sea
Other schools in Bexhill-on-Sea
- Bexhill Independent Special School Special schools
- Glyne Gap School Academies
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill Primary
- Chantry Community Primary School Primary
- Glenleigh Park Primary Academy Primary
- King Offa Primary Academy Primary
- Little Common School Primary
- Pebsham Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School Primary
- Bexhill High Academy Secondary
- St Richard's Catholic College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does East Sussex Skills Academy teach?
- East Sussex Skills Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Bexhill-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of East Sussex Skills Academy?
- The headteacher of East Sussex Skills Academy is Matt Jacobs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was East Sussex Skills Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected East Sussex Skills Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- Is East Sussex Skills Academy a faith school?
- No. East Sussex Skills Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs East Sussex Skills Academy?
- East Sussex Skills Academy is part of LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does East Sussex Skills Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for East Sussex Skills Academy. 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 1 April 2026.