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Uplands Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Lower High Street, Wadhurst TN5 6AZ · uplands-academy.org · 01892 782135
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.5
- average Attainment 8 score. East Sussex 43.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 699
- 70% of 1,000 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- First language not English
- 3.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Mark Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 124 families put the school first and 166 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 | 166 | 124 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 154 | 107 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 166 | 146 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 146 | 127 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 180 | 151 | 0.8 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.5, and 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across East Sussex it was 43.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲43.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.64 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114591)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 20.7 | −20.7 |
| Sixth form college | 9.6 | — |
| Further education | 44.4 | −4.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | — |
| Employment | 5.9 | +4.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.6 | +9.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | +0.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 students | C- (27.9) | Average -0.11 | |
| 25 students | C- (27.9) | Average -0.11 | |
| 12 students | Merit+ (28.7) | Average +0.37 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 42 | C (28.8) | -0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | C (30.5) | — |
| 2021/22 | 50 | C+ (33.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 61 | C- (27.9) | -0.07 |
| 2017/18 | 76 | C- (27.3) | -0.19 |
| 2016/17 | 91 | C+ (32.2) | +0.19 |
| 2015/16 | 95 | C- (27.7) | -0.14 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 51.1 | +3 |
| Employment | 35.6 | +6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −6.7 |
| Activity not captured | 8.9 | +5.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Uplands Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114591), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114591)
Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114591)
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (173 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 173
- 24% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 73 parents (42%) with SEND