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The Burgess Hill Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.46 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 44.6[5] 48.3%[5]
2023/24 40.4[3] 39.2%[3] -0.46[3]
2022/23 44.2[6] 46%[6] -0.10[6]
2021/22 48.4[7] 49%[7] +0.03[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
6% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
17% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
63% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
4% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 7%[9] 19%[9] 63%[9] 2%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 95%[10] 4%[10] 30%[10] 43%[10] 6%[10] 12%[10]
2019/20 98%[11] 8%[11] 34%[11] 53%[11] 3%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 94%[12] 9%[12] 40%[12] 33%[12] 5%[12] 6%[12]

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
17 Dec 2024[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
20 Jan 2025[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Some aspects not as strong[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 May 2019[14] Academy First Section 5[14] Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
279 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
102 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
239 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 274[15] 101[15] 222[15] 1.2[15] 0.5[15]
Entry Sept 2024 331[15] 134[15] 230[15] 1.4[15] 0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2023 310[15] 153[15] 245[15] 1.3[15] 0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2022 426[15] 194[15] 264[15] 1.6[15] 0.7[15]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
240 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
www.theburgesshillacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Mid Sussex[17]
Postcode
RH15 9EA[1]
URN
142089[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1018 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
7.6% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
11.9% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
1.2% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
84.3%[19]
Mixed
5.4%[19]
Asian
6.8%[19]
Black
1.6%[19]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[19]
Unclassified
0.6%[19]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. cdn.realsmart.co.uk: cdn.realsmart.co.uk — 2027-28 TBHA Admissions Policy (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    academies. 7.2 The PAN for The Burgess Hill Academy from September 2026 is 240. 8. (p. 7)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.