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Seaford Head School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 48.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.47 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49.4[6] 50%[6]
2023/24 50.2[4] 58.2%[4] +0.47[4]
2022/23 47.8[7] 46%[7] +0.36[7]
2021/22 53.5[8] 61%[8] +0.43[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
27.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 32.7%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 23.9%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 20.2%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 19.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
38% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
34% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 35%[15] 13%[15] 39%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 40%[16] 17%[16] 33%[16] 3%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 41%[17] 12%[17] 40%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 38%[18] 13%[18] 34%[18] 5%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
77% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
40% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
27% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 35%[20] 41%[20] 7%[20] 39%[20]
2020/21 82%[21] 43%[21] 47%[21] 0%[21] 35%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 41%[22] 50%[22] 3%[22] 30%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 49%[23] 51%[23] 4%[23] 38%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
59% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 63%[26] 15%[26]
2019/20 66%[25] 15%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 62%[27] 18%[27] 16%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 9%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Nov 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
18 Jan 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Sep 2017[30] S5 Inspection[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
413 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
245 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
231 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 436[31] 256[31] 230[31] 1.9[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 460[31] 288[31] 227[31] 2.0[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023 466[31] 290[31] 256[31] 1.8[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 426[31] 279[31] 237[31] 1.8[31] 1.2[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
232 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1555[1]
Trust
SEAFORD LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.seafordhead.org[1]
District
Lewes[33]
Postcode
BN25 4LX[1]
URN
138473[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1448 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
5.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
7.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.6%[35]
Mixed
5.5%[35]
Asian
4.5%[35]
Black
2.9%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[35]
Unclassified
3%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quotes (2)
    The closing date for Year 7 applications is 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
    Admission Number The Governors agreed the Published Admission Number (PAN) of 232 for Year 7. (p. 1)
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