Mulberry Academy St Leonards
Secondary school in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025, report published 29 April 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This inspection was given to The St Leonards Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Mulberry Academy St Leonards hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Inadequate |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| 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 January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
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 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
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Report card, Jun 2026: 6 strong
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Good (Oct 2021)
- 3.5 milesBexhill High Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (May 2025)
- 3.9 milesMulberry Academy Hastings
Report card, Jan 2026: 5 expected, 1 needs attention
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.