Schools in Hastings
Hastings has 15 schools across 11 primaries and 2 secondaries - Mulberry Academy Hastings and Ark Alexandra Academy. East Sussex County Council co-ordinates admissions for community schools; most primaries use a standard oversubscription order of looked-after children, siblings, then nearest-school distance. Hastings is a coastal town with significant levels of deprivation in some wards, and several primaries operate extended-school services.
Both secondary schools are academy-run and admit on standard comprehensive criteria, with proximity the key tiebreaker after sibling priority. Mulberry Academy serves much of the central and western residential areas, while Ark Alexandra is positioned to the east of the town centre. East Sussex secondary applications close in October, with offers made on 1 March National Offer Day.
School demand in Hastings
Across the 15 schools in Hastings with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Hastings have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Hastings are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of East Sussex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Hastings have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Hastings: 1 oversubscribed (11)
Westfield School
Primary · Community school
Hastings · TN35 4QE
Sandown Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Hastings · TN34 2AA
Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hastings · TN35 4LS
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hastings · TN35 5NA
Ore Village Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Hastings · TN35 5DB
Dudley Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hastings · TN35 5NJ
Mulberry Baird Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Hastings · TN34 3TH
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Hastings · TN34 2HU
All Saints CofE Junior Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Hastings · TN35 5JU
Ark Castledown Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Hastings · TN34 3QT
Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hastings · TN37 6JJ
Secondary Schools in Hastings (2)
Other Schools in Hastings (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Hastings are set by East Sussex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.