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Seahaven Academy

Secondary · Newhaven · BN9 9TD

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 11 November 2025 · report published 11 January 2026

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At a glance

701 pupils · 78% of 900 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
36.4% of pupils
English as additional language
10.1% of pupils
SEN support
20.7% of pupils
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils
Website
http://www.seahavenacademy.org.uk/
URN
140679

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.68 first-choice applications per place

155 places offered · 105 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Attainment 8 score
40.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
64.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
39.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
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.

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)
12.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.1%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 20% 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£9,005
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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
83%
Continuing in education
76%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
4%

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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