St Mary's School and 6th Form College[1]

Special · ages 5–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 7.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.32 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	10.1[5]	7.7%[5]
2023/24	4.9[3]	0%[3]	-1.32[3]
2022/23	2.3[6]	0%[6]	-1.72[6]
2021/22	2.1[7]	0%[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 8% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	100%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	29%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]
2020/21	100%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]
2016/17	86%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]
2014/15	100%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 22 Mar 2022[13]
Type: Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[13]
Report published: 17 May 2022[13]
Personal development: Good[13]
Quality of education: Good[13]
Overall effectiveness: Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
1 Dec 2021[13]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 2[13]	No overall grade[13]
27 Jan 2021[14]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 2[14]	No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Non-maintained special school[1]
Ages: 5–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Inter- / non- denominational[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: Boarding school[1]
Capacity: 250[1]
Local authority: East Sussex[1]
Website: www.stmarysbexhill.org [1]
District: Rother [15]
Postcode: TN40 2LU[1]
URN: 133653[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 179 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language: 3.4% 2024/25[16]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 35.3% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 86.4%[17]
Mixed: 4.5%[17]
Asian: 3.2%[17]
Black: 2.7%[17]
Any other ethnic group: 3.2%[17]
Unclassified: 0%[17]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2014/15, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2020/21. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.