Mulberry Academy Hastings[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 38 38.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 38.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 27.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 1.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.29 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	38.2[5]	27%[5]
2023/24	33.4[3]	23.1%[3]	-1.29[3]
2022/23	30.3[6]	15%[6]	-1.48[6]
2021/22	37.5[7]	27%[7]	-0.85[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 85% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 21% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 62% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 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	93%[9]	0%[9]	40%[9]	47%[9]	1%[9]	6%[9]
2020/21	87%[10]	0%[10]	38%[10]	35%[10]	5%[10]	10%[10]
2019/20	93%[11]	0%[11]	21%[11]	69%[11]	0%[11]	3%[11]
2018/19	88%[12]	0%[12]	22%[12]	61%[12]	1%[12]	3%[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: 13 Jan 2026[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 9 Feb 2026[13]
Inclusion: Expected standard[13]
Achievement: Needs attention[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[13]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
26 Sep 2023[14]	S5 Inspection[14]	Requires improvement[14]
18 Mar 2020[15]	S8 No Formal Designation Visit[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.5 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 302 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 201 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 207 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	292[16]	164[16]	170[16]	1.7[16]	1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2024	206[16]	112[16]	168[16]	1.2[16]	0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2023	239[16]	146[16]	167[16]	1.4[16]	0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2022	251[16]	161[16]	174[16]	1.4[16]	0.9[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Trust: MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority: East Sussex[1]
Website: http://www.thehastingsacademy.org/[1]
District: Hastings [17]
Postcode: TN35 5DN[1]
URN: 136401[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 808 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 5.7% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 24.1% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 1.9% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 45.8% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 84.5%[19]
Mixed: 7.4%[19]
Asian: 1.4%[19]
Black: 1.3%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 1.6%[19]
Unclassified: 3.7%[19]

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.
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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 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. 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.
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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.