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Uplands Academy

  • Secondary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 11 to 16

URN 148945 · East Sussex · MARK EDUCATION TRUST

In East Sussex

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

4 July 2013

Overall effectiveness
Good

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Ungraded inspection

15 January 2025

“Standards maintained”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against East Sussex and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

9.0%

East Sussex
9.5%
England
8.4%

0.6 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published6.1%5.5%
2018/19Not published6.0%5.5%
2020/21Not published6.2%5.5%
2021/22Not published9.5%9.0%
2022/2310.4%10.4%9.0%
2023/2411.2%10.3%8.9%
2024/259.0%9.5%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

24.8%

East Sussex
26.4%
England
23.4%

1.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published15.5%13.9%
2018/19Not published15.0%13.7%
2020/21Not published17.1%14.8%
2021/22Not published27.7%27.7%
2022/2331.7%30.0%26.5%
2023/2435.5%30.1%25.6%
2024/2524.8%26.4%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

4.3%

East Sussex
4.9%
England
3.9%

0.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published1.7%1.2%
2018/19Not published1.8%1.3%
2020/21Not published1.9%1.5%
2021/22Not published3.7%2.7%
2022/235.2%5.1%3.4%
2023/246.0%5.4%3.8%
2024/254.3%4.9%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against East Sussex and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

53.40

East Sussex
29.68
England
21.24

32.16 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published12.3510.13
2018/19Not published12.3510.75
2019/20Not published8.837.43
2020/21Not published10.978.48
2021/225.9517.8313.96
2022/2322.0030.8218.90
2023/2432.9235.8622.61
2024/2553.4029.6821.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.14

East Sussex
0.13
England
0.23

0.09 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published0.260.20
2018/19Not published0.230.20
2019/20Not published0.080.13
2020/21Not published0.050.10
2021/220.000.070.16
2022/230.000.190.22
2023/240.130.250.25
2024/250.140.130.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against East Sussex and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

46.4

East Sussex
45.0
England
47.4

1.0 lower than England.

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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published47.349.8
2022/23Not published44.447.2
2023/2444.444.046.9
2024/2542.544.347.1
2025/26 (provisional)46.445.047.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

74%

East Sussex
66%
England
66%

8 percentage points higher than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published68%70%
2022/23Not published65%67%
2023/2464%63%67%
2024/2570%65%66%
2025/26 (provisional)74%66%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

52%

East Sussex
46%
England
48%

4 percentage points higher than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published47%51%
2022/23Not published42%46%
2023/2440%44%47%
2024/2537%43%47%
2025/26 (provisional)52%46%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against East Sussex and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

22.1%

East Sussex
23.9%
England
25.8%

3.7 percentage points lower than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published19.6%20.9%
2022/2317.1%21.5%22.7%
2023/2419.8%23.0%24.1%
2024/2522.1%23.9%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

14.7%

East Sussex
14.1%
England
13.4%

1.3 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published11.9%11.9%
2022/2312.5%12.5%12.4%
2023/2414.3%13.8%12.9%
2024/2514.7%14.1%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

3.1%

East Sussex
2.2%
England
3.1%

The same as England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published2.0%2.2%
2022/232.0%2.1%2.4%
2023/242.3%2.2%2.7%
2024/253.1%2.2%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

3.3%

East Sussex
6.9%
England
19.2%

15.9 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2021/22Not published5.2%17.5%
2022/232.6%6.1%18.1%
2023/243.0%6.5%18.6%
2024/253.3%6.9%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against East Sussex and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

16.0

East Sussex
16.9
England
17.3

1.3 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published17.316.5
2018/19Not published17.516.8
2019/20Not published18.417.2
2020/21Not published18.217.1
2021/22Not published17.817.1
2022/2324.418.317.2
2023/2416.817.917.4
2024/2516.317.317.3
2025/2616.016.917.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

3.6 days

East Sussex
5.5 days
England
5.0 days

1.4 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolEast SussexEngland
2017/18Not published3.9 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published3.9 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published3.9 days3.9 days
2021/220.0 days6.7 days6.3 days
2022/233.7 days5.6 days5.2 days
2023/244.1 days5.9 days5.3 days
2024/253.6 days5.5 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
699
Capacity
1,000
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
MARK EDUCATION TRUST
Opened
1 September 2022
Setting
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Constituency
Sussex Weald
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 10 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Lower High Street, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6AZ

Website: www.uplands-academy.org/

Telephone: 01892782135

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Sources and corrections

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Uplands Academy, URN 148945. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/148945/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.