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High Cliff Academy

Primary Academy school in Newhaven BN9 9FD

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  • School Reference Number: 140385
  • Address: Southdown Road, Newhaven BN9 9FD
  • Headteacher: Miss Carla Botting
  • Telephone: 01273 041471
  • Website: highcliffacademy.org
  • Managing Organisation: STEP ACADEMY TRUST
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy sponsor led
  • Phase: Primary
  • Pupil Capacity: 240
  • Local Education Authority: East Sussex
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 3 to 11
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 2015* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 05/06/2018

Rating published on 11/07/2018

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding

Early years provision: Outstanding

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
21 November 2023 29 January 2024 School inspection
5 June 2018 11 July 2018 Full inspection Outstanding

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Unique Reference Number140385
Local Authority Code845
Local Authority NameEast Sussex
Establishment Number2009
School / College NameHigh Cliff Academy
Establishment Type Code28
Establishment typeAcademy sponsor led
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-09-2015
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 2
Phase of educationPrimary
Age range Low3
Age range High11
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionHas Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity240
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils187
Number of Boys106
Number of Girls81
Percentage Free School Meals35.80
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code4836
Academy trust or TrustSTEP ACADEMY TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorSTEP ACADEMY TRUST
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10053865
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date24-01-2025
StreetSouthdown Road
Locality
Address3
TownNewhaven
County (name)East Sussex
PostcodeBN9 9FD
Websitehttps://highcliffacademy.org/
Telephone01273041471
Headteacher/Principal titleMiss
Headteacher/Principal first nameCarla
Headteacher/Principal last nameBotting
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionNot applicable
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000063
DistrictLewes
Ward CodeE05011591
WardNewhaven South
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001330
Parliamentary ConstituencyLewes
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000011
Easting544011
Northing100582
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Lewes 009
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Lewes 009A
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10033267368
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02004387
LSOA CodeE01021044
Free School Meals67
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN140385
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/140385
LAESTAB8452009
School nameHigh Cliff Academy
Ofsted phasePrimary
Type of educationAcademy Sponsor Led
School open date01/09/2015
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityEast Sussex
Parliamentary constituencyLewes
Multi-academy trust UID4836
Multi-academy trust nameStep Academy Trust
Academy sponsor UID4835
Academy sponsor nameStep Academy Trust
PostcodeBN9 9FD
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils187
Statutory lowest age3
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10296396
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection140385
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection8452009
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionHigh Cliff Academy
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection1
Date of latest ungraded inspection22/11/2023
Ungraded inspection publication date28/01/2024
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10046582
Inspection typeAcademy First Section 5
Inspection type groupingAcademy First Section 5
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date05/06/2018
Publication date11/07/2018
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection140385
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8452009
School name at time of latest graded inspectionHigh Cliff Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Current school type used for chart C6Academy sponsor led
Overall effectivenessOutstanding
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionOutstanding
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberN/A
Previous inspection start dateN/A
Previous publication dateN/A
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School name at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School type at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
Previous graded inspection overall effectivenessN/A
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementN/A
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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