Mulberry Academy St Leonards
Mulberry Academy St Leonards is a sponsored academy in St Leonards-on-Sea for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH01424 448740mulberrystleonards.orgMr Jon Francies headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 28 January 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 special measures.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
257 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of The St Leonards Academy, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 257 | 280 | 287 | 284 | 260 | 265 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 33.2 | 30.7 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 37.7 | 38.4 | 44.3 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -1.22 | -1.08 | -1.27 | -0.71 | -0.45 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 25% | 25% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 43% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 44% | 38% | 42% | 43% | 50% | 44% | 66% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 2.79 | 2.49 | 2.60 | 2.55 | 3.20 | 2.97 | 3.91 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 9% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 21% | 5% | 39% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 25.8 | 24.2 | 20.8 | 23.9 | 30.8 | 31.3 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 38.0 | 34.9 | 38.0 | 37.5 | 40.9 | 42.8 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 18.8 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 20.8 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 54.6 | 56.2 | 54.7 | 52.7 | 52.5 | – | – |
† These results are for The St Leonards Academy, the school this one replaced in March 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 18 pupils, for autism, physical disability.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in East Sussex with autism provision.
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 11.1% | 14.5% | 16.6% | 14.5% | 10.0% | 6.2% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.0% | 7.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 6.5% | 3.8% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 5.2% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 2.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 35.5% | 43.5% | 46.2% | 44.8% | 32.6% | 15.9% | 23.9% |
† These attendance figures are for The St Leonards Academy, the school this one replaced in March 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
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 secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Children's Centre | Secure units | 1.1 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 1,315 | Report card 2026 | 32 | Compare |
| St Richard's Catholic College | Academy | 2.2 miles | 1,029 | Good 2021 | – | Compare |
| Bexhill High Academy | Academy | 3.5 miles | 1,441 | No overall grade 2025 | 34 | Compare |
| Mulberry Academy Hastings | Academy | 3.9 miles | 833 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Mulberry Academy St Leonards a good school?
Mulberry Academy St Leonards doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in January 2025.
What is Mulberry Academy St Leonards's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mulberry Academy St Leonards not judged at its last full inspection on 28 January 2025.
How good are Mulberry Academy St Leonards's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 25% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 33.2, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Mulberry Academy St Leonards have?
The number of pupils is not published.
What is attendance like at Mulberry Academy St Leonards?
Pupils were in school 88.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 36% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Mulberry Academy St Leonards have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, physical disability. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
- Telephone
- 01424 448740
- Website
- mulberrystleonards.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Francies
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Mulberry Schools Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- West St Leonards
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 March 2026 (fresh start)
- URN
- 152503 · LAESTAB 8454013 · UKPRN 10100688
- Formerly
- The St Leonards Academy
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- 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.