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Heathfield Community College

Secondary · Heathfield · TN21 8RJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 May 2023

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At a glance

1,416 pupils · 94% of 1,500 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
16.3% of pupils
English as additional language
2.1% of pupils
SEN support
6.9% of pupils
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.heathfieldcc.co.uk
URN
114587

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.09 first-choice applications per place

248 places offered · 271 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

232 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
50.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
53.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B
38.8
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.3%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,563
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
36%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
38%
Any sustained destination
88%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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