Hailsham Academy
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 2–16 · Hailsham, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From East Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2021 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Hailsham Academy is an all-through school in Hailsham, East Sussex for ages 2–16 (academy converter). East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hailsham Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2017 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception in 2026 drew 67 first-choice applications for 60 offers, which is 1.1 first choices per offer.
- Of those 2026 Reception first choices, 56 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- With 1,577 pupils on roll in January 2026, it has 26.4% of pupils eligible for free school meals and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Battle Road, Hailsham, BN27 1DT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 2–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,577 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 67 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 128 first-preference applications, 198 offers in total, 128 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in East Sussex.
- The Ropemakers' Academy 0.2 mi Good
- East Sussex Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bede's Senior School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hazel Court School 4.1 mi Outstanding
- The Lindfield School 4.5 mi Standards maintained
- St Mary's School 5.2 mi School remains Good
- Summerdown School 5.2 mi Not judged
- The Cavendish School 5.9 mi Not judged Last distance published