St Mary's School
Special / other · Heathfield · TN21 0BT
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 28 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
78 pupils · 96% of 81 capacity
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 9–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Free school meals
- 55.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Website
- http://www.sabden.org.uk
- URN
- 142163
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
8 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
24 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 7% 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
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
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 27 September 2023: School remains Good
- 23 May 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Maynards Green Community Primary School
- Parkside Community Primary School
- All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School
- Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School
- Heathfield Community College
- Punnetts Town Community Primary and Nursery School
- Chiddingly Primary School
- Hellingly Community Primary School