Mulberry Academy St Leonards
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 8HH · East Sussex
Ages 11–16
0.1 miles away
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The St Leonards Academy
Academy sponsor led · St Leonards-on-Sea · TN38 8HH
Ages 11–16 · 1,314 pupils · East Sussex
Attainment 8
30.7
Overall absence
14.5%
Admissions demand
0.86 · Often has places
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-1.22
−20+2
Attainment 830.7
English & maths grade 5+25%
English & maths grade 4+38%
EBacc entry6%
EBacc APS: 2.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence14.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)43.5%
Unauthorised6.9%
- Authorised absence
- 7.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 9.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,492
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.86 · Often has places
1st preferences
186
Places offered
292
1st-preference offers
186
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 329
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 216
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill88%
1,314 pupils · 1,500 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,314
- Boys / girls
- 626 / 688
- School capacity
- 1,500
- Capacity fill
- 1,314 / 1,500 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 47.9%
- FSM pupils
- 630
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Francies
Location
- Address
- Edinburgh Campus,, Edinburgh Road
- Postcode
- TN38 8HH
- Town
- St Leonards-on-Sea
- County
- East Sussex
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- District
- Hastings
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 13 on roll / 18 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, 1,314 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 47.9%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ark Alexandra Academy
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
HASTINGS · TN34 2PG · East Sussex
Ages 11–16
- Att838.4
- P8-0.8
- EM5+33%
- Absence12.6%
2.0 miles away
St Richard's Catholic College
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Bexhill-on-Sea · TN40 1SE · East Sussex
Ages 11–16
- FSM14.3%
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Francies