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Ark Alexandra Academy

URN
139821
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ark Alexandra Academy
URN
139821
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

57 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

52

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

57

Destinations

47

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#17 of 21 schools in East Sussex

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Ark Alexandra Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
17 May 2024
Inspection date
20 February 2024
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 17 May 2024

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 17 May 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

229

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

398

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

201

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.74×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
East Sussex
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (East Sussex)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://arkalexandra.org/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

42.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

40.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

65.2%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

19.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

TN34 2PG - Park Avenue, William Parker Campus, HASTINGS, East Sussex

Contact details

Address
Park Avenue, William Parker Campus, HASTINGS, East Sussex
Postcode
TN34 2PG
Phone
1424439888
Website
http://arkalexandra.org/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
East Sussex
Local authority code
845

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 436 schools in East Sussex.

Authority statistics

Total schools

436

Open schools

220

Closed schools

216

Primary schools

231

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 17 May 2024

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 17 May 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 17 May 2024

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 17 May 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    17 May 202420 February 2024Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3Requires improvementView report for inspection published 17 May 2024
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      17 May 2024
      Inspected
      20 February 2024
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    50.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 172

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    15.4%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    86.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    54

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary231 (53.0%)
    • Secondary54 (12.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other151 (34.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    William Parker Sports College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Blacklands Primary School883 mPrimaryClosed
    Ark Blacklands Primary Academy883 mPrimaryOpen
    Silverdale Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
    Mulberry Silverdale Primary1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Little Ridge Community Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Helenswood School1.3 kmSecondaryClosed
    Ark Helenswood Academy1.3 kmSecondaryClosed
    Elphinstone Junior School1.4 kmPrimaryClosed
    • William Parker Sports College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Blacklands Primary School
      Distance
      883 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
      Distance
      883 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Silverdale Primary School
      Distance
      1.0 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (East Sussex)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Ark Helenswood AcademySecondaryTN37 7PSClosed
    Beacon AcademySecondaryTN6 2ASOpen
    Beacon Community CollegeSecondaryTN6 2ASClosed
    Bexhill CollegeSecondary-Closed
    Bexhill High AcademySecondaryTN39 4BYOpen
    • Ark Helenswood Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TN37 7PS
      Status
      Closed
    • Beacon Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TN6 2AS
      Status
      Open
    • Beacon Community College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TN6 2AS
      Status
      Closed
    • Bexhill College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      -
      Status
      Closed
    • Bexhill High Academy
    Mulberry Silverdale Primary
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Little Ridge Community Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Helenswood School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Ark Helenswood Academy
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Elphinstone Junior School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    TN39 4BY
    Status
    Open