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Peacehaven Heights Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Hoddern Avenue, Peacehaven BN10 7QY · peacehavenheightsacademy.org · 01273 575989
On the mapSearch near BN10 7QY
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. East Sussex 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · East Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 339
- 81% of 420 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.9%
- First language not English
- 20.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: East Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 49 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 28 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across East Sussex it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 138426)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Peacehaven Heights Academy on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 138426), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138426)
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138426)
Jan 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138426)
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 43
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied