East Sussex Skills Academy
East Sussex Skills Academy is a free schools alternative provision in Bexhill-on-Sea for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Down Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HSMatt Jacobs headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 4 February 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Ofsted has serious worries about this school. It is in serious weaknesses.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to East Sussex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Offa Primary Academy | Academy | 40 m | 402 | Good 2020 | 44 | Compare |
| Chantry Community Primary School | Academy | 470 m | 195 | Good 2023 | 5 | Compare |
| St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School | Church of England | 740 m | 420 | No overall grade 2025 | 91 | Compare |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 282 | Not inspected | 16 | Compare |
| Glenleigh Park Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 334 | Good 2023 | 47 | Compare |
| Bexhill High Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,441 | No overall grade 2025 | 34 | Compare |
| St Mary's School and 6th Form College | Non-maintained special | 0.9 miles | 221 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| St Richard's Catholic College | Academy | 1.0 miles | 1,029 | Good 2021 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is East Sussex Skills Academy a good school?
East Sussex Skills Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in February 2025.
What is East Sussex Skills Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated East Sussex Skills Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 4 February 2025.
How many pupils does East Sussex Skills Academy have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Down Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS
- Headteacher
- Matt Jacobs
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- London South East Academies Trust (19 schools)
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- Bexhill St Stephens
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2026 (change in status)
- URN
- 152509 · LAESTAB 8451103 · UKPRN 10100811
- Formerly
- The Workplace
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.