Mulberry Academy Hastings

Mulberry Academy Hastings at a glance

Located in Hastings, East Sussex, Mulberry Academy Hastings is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. The school educates roughly 808 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 38.2 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 4.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

27% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 55% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Mulberry Academy Hastings, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.