Torfield School
Special / other · Hastings · TN34 3JT
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 23 February 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
97 pupils · 94% of 103 capacity
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 41.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 7.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Website
- https://www.tasmat.org/
- URN
- 141476
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
17 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school
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
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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 22 February 2023: School remains Outstanding
- 19 September 2017: Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.