Ark Alexandra Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,315 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Academy sponsor led
Seahaven Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 701of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 36.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 139
- Ofsted
- Report card, 11 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Tideway School (URN 114597, until 7 March 2014).
What the data says
Seahaven Academy has no sixth form. Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.3 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 40% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in East Sussex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Seahaven Academy | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 131 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Seahaven Academy | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.3 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.53 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.5 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.6 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 136 | 98% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 136 | 98% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 71% |
| English Literature | 130 | 94% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 103 | 74% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 40% |
| Geography | 83 | 60% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 66% |
| French | 52 | 37% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 60% |
| 3D Design | 47 | 34% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 66% |
| History | 40 | 29% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 35% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 23% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 94% |
| Biology | 32 | 23% | 23% | 28% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 32 | 23% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 100% |
| Photography | 18 | 13% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 61% |
| Drama | 17 | 12% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 94% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 12% | 9% | 24% | 28% | 88% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 10% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 7% |
| Music | 12 | 9% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 61 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 2 | — | — |
Where Seahaven Academy is
Other secondary schools in East Sussex are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from East Sussex’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in East Sussex
Beacon Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,642 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.2
Bexhill High Academy
Academy converter · 1,441 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Chailey School
Community school · 862 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Claverham Community College
Community school · 1,147 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
Gildredge House
Free schools · 1,169 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.