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Seahaven Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Haven Way, Newhaven BN9 9TD · seahavenacademy.org.uk · 01273 517601
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.3
- average Attainment 8 score. East Sussex 43.1, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · East Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 701
- 78% of 900 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 36.4%
- First language not English
- 13.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: East Sussex Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 105 families put the school first and 155 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 155 | 105 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 139 | 59 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 177 | 73 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 172 | 117 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 138 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.3, and 39.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across East Sussex it was 43.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼38.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.53 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.4 | +0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 17.7 | −6.3 |
| Further education | 53.2 | +0.3 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3 | +2.6 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.9 | 0 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +4.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Seahaven Academy on 11 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 11 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (114 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Positive
- 58%
- Replies
- 114
- 15% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on 36 parents (32%) whose child was bullied
based on 49 parents (43%) with SEND