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Bexhill High Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,441of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 31.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 291
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bexhill High School (URN 114595, until 1 November 2012).
What the data says
Bexhill High Academy has no sixth form. Of the 267 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 45% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 45% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.7 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in East Sussex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bexhill High Academy | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 267 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 45% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 37% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bexhill High Academy | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.7 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.6 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.1 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 285 | 98% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 285 | 98% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 60% |
| English Language | 285 | 98% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 216 | 74% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 31% |
| History | 155 | 53% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 62% |
| Geography | 88 | 30% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 60% |
| Biology | 68 | 23% | 23% | 16% | 45% | 84% |
| Photography | 68 | 23% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 68% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 64 | 22% | 8% | 14% | 21% | 64% |
| Physics | 61 | 21% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 82% |
| Religious Studies | 61 | 21% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 60 | 21% | 23% | 17% | 47% | 85% |
| Computer Science | 60 | 21% | 13% | 27% | 30% | 80% |
| Art and Design | 42 | 14% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 69% |
| Drama | 41 | 14% | 7% | 12% | 27% | 76% |
| Geology | 38 | 13% | 0% | 8% | 61% | 50% |
| Spanish | 36 | 12% | 19% | 14% | 27% | 64% |
| Music | 35 | 12% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 57% |
| French | 30 | 10% | 18% | 43% | 29% | 93% |
| Design and Technology | 28 | 10% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| Statistics | 27 | 9% | 5% | 59% | 20% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 21 | 7% | 11% | 14% | 24% | 71% |
| Latin | 15 | 5% | 1% | 20% | 74% | 73% |
| 3D Design | 14 | 5% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 71% |
| Russian | 4 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 59 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 36 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 4 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 2 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 1 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.