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The Flagship School
All-through · Mixed · Ages 7–16 · Special free school
The Ridge, Hastings TN34 2AE · beckmeadtrust.org · 01424 311023
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 6
- average Attainment 8 score. East Sussex 43.1, England 46
- Pupils
- 63
- 79% of 80 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 58.7%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Beckmead Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 6, and 16.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across East Sussex it was 43.1, and across England 46.
Key stage 2 results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
GCSE results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | ▼6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | ▼16.7% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | ▼16.7% | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | ▼0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | ▼0.45 | 4.09 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Flagship School on 20 January 2026 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
- 20 Jan 2026
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 148055), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 148055)
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Positive
- 62%
- Replies
- 31
- 51% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 97% who raised concerns
based on 10 parents (32%) whose child was bullied
based on 31 parents (100%) with SEND