Hailsham Academy
Secondary school in Hailsham, East Sussex. Inadequate (Mar 2023). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 13 March 2023, report published 16 May 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Hailsham Community College (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Hailsham Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2027
The last inspection was in March 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 3.8 milesWillingdon Community School
School remains Good (Jun 2023)
- 4.3 milesThe Turing School
Report card, Feb 2026: 1 expected, 5 needs attention
- 4.5 milesThe Eastbourne Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025) Serious weaknesses
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.