Secondary school in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
Mulberry Academy St Leonards
Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HH
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 28 January 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Places
- 1500
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Hastings 010F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 26%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 81%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 34%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jon Francies
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- West St Leonards
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- URN
- 152503
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ark Alexandra AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.6 | 2 mi |
| St Richard's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2021 | — | 2.2 mi |
| Claremont SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 3.1 mi |
| Bexhill High AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 41.7 | 3.5 mi |
| Mulberry Academy HastingsAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 38.2 | 3.9 mi |
| Battle Abbey SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 4.5 mi |
| Claverham Community CollegeCommunity school | Good 2024 | 50.3 | 5.1 mi |
| Buckswood SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 5.5 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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