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The Burgess Hill Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Station Road, Burgess Hill RH15 9EA · theburgesshillacademy.org.uk · 01444 241691
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.6
- average Attainment 8 score. West Sussex 46.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 956
- 80% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 15.9%
- First language not English
- 8.1%
- 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: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 102 families put the school first and 239 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 | 239 | 102 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 222 | 101 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 230 | 134 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 245 | 153 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 264 | 194 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.6, and 48.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across West Sussex it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲48.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼26.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.81 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 8.6 | +1.5 |
| Sixth form college | 19 | −0.4 |
| Further education | 56.9 | −6 |
| Other education | 1.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7 | +2.9 |
| Employment | 2.2 | −2.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.3 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | +2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Burgess Hill Academy was: Some aspects not as strong.
- Outcome
- Some aspects not as strong
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 126084), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 126084)
What parents said
56% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (158 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 56%
- Replies
- 158
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 55 parents (35%) with SEND