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Schools and early years

The 25 open schools in Hastings borough, as the Department for Education's register lists them (18 primary, 3 secondary, 4 special), with 9,041 pupils at the January census, and what Ofsted said at each one's latest inspections. East Sussex County Council is the education authority and coordinates applications for places.

Listed by phase, then name. Nothing here ranks schools: a school's Ofsted outcomes are shown as Ofsted states them, with the date of each inspection, and its report is a click away. Applying for a place: the schools topic has the county's dates.

All Saints CofE Junior Academy (Primary)Ark Blacklands Primary Academy (Primary)Ark Castledown Primary Academy (Primary)Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy (Primary)Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy (Primary)Churchwood Primary School (Primary)Dudley Infant Academy (Primary)Hollington Primary School (Primary)Mulberry Baird Primary (Primary)Mulberry Silverdale Primary (Primary)Mulberry West St Leonards Primary (Primary)Ore Village Primary Academy (Primary)Robsack Wood Primary School (Primary)Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (Primary)Sandown Primary School and Nursery (Primary)St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy (Primary)St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (Primary)St Paul's Church of England Academy (Primary)Ark Alexandra Academy (Secondary)Mulberry Academy Hastings (Secondary)Mulberry Academy St Leonards (Secondary)New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) (Special)Saxon Mount School (Special)The Flagship School (Special)Torfield School (Special)

Ofsted changed how it inspects schools in November 2025. A school inspected since then has a report card: each area is judged on Ofsted's five-point scale (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and safeguarding is met or not met. Before that, graded inspections gave each area a grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement, inadequate), and from September 2024 no overall grade. Ungraded inspections said whether a school's standards had been kept up. Each school below shows each kind it has had, newest first, in Ofsted's words.

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Special schools

The register also lists Lansdowne Children's Centre (secure units), which isn't a school families apply to, so it isn't listed here.

Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs

28 childcare settings on non-domestic premises with a Hastings postcode, on Ofsted's register as at 30 June 2026: nurseries, pre-schools, playgroups and out-of-school clubs, by name. School nursery classes are part of their school, above. Since November 2025 early years settings get report cards too.

Ofsted doesn't publish childminders' names or addresses, or any area smaller than the parliamentary constituency for them. In the Hastings and Rye constituency (which also takes in Rye and the villages around it) Ofsted counted 19 active childminders, 8 home childcarers and 1 other childcare on domestic premises on 30 June 2026. East Sussex County Council's childcare pages help families find one.

The register: DfE's Get Information About Schools, read 12 October 2026. Inspections: Ofsted's state-funded school inspections management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026. Places: DfE's school capacity statistics, 2024/25. Early years: Ofsted's childcare providers and inspections management information, as at 30 June 2026. All Open Government Licence v3.0.