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The Flagship School

Special / other · Hastings · TN34 2AE

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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 20 January 2026 · report published 28 May 2026

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At a glance

63 pupils · 79% of 80 capacity

School type
Free schools special
Age range
7–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
58.7% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Website
https://www.beckmeadtrust.org/flagship
URN
149695

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
16.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
16.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
0.5
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)
27.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
63.5%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

50% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 38% 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£34,410
Typical special / other school£29,008

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

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

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