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  • The St Leonards Academy
    Edinburgh Campus,
    Edinburgh Road
    St Leonards-on-Sea
    East Sussex
    TN38 8HH
  • Head: Mr Jon Francies
  • T 01424 448740
  • F 01424 722354
  • E [email protected]
  • W www.thestleona…sacademy.org.uk
  • A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 16.
  • Boarding: No
  • Local authority: East Sussex
  • Pupils: 1467
  • Religion: Does not apply
  • Ofsted:
    • Latest Overall effectiveness Requires improvement 1
      • Outcomes for children and learners Requires improvement 1
      • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement 1
      • Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
      • Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement 1
    • 1 Full inspection 14th June 2022
  • Previous Ofsted grade: Good on 15th May 2013
  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

What the school says...

Academy convertor - September 2011, a merger between Filsham Valley School and The Grove. Sponsored by East Sussex la, BT and the University of Brighton.

Filsham Valley School was inspected in March 2005 and was found to be an improving school. The headteacher's leadership was described as 'very good'. We are pioneering curriculum development work in the locality and are developing a distinctive business and enterprise character. We are fully inclusive and also have a special facility for pupils with sensory and physical needs.

Our school is a modern and forward looking school with an enthusiastic and united staff team. We are committed to 'succeeding together' and 'releasing entrepreneurial potential'. Filsham is Flying!!

Filsham Valley School is going to be merged with The Grove and replaced by an academy. This will be sponsored by East Sussex la, BT and the University of Brighton.
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Who came from where

Who goes where

Special Education Needs

Filsham Valley School has a special facility for pupils with sensory and physical needs. Provision within the special facility includes: speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, swimming, a visual impairment unit and a medical room. Pupils have access to literacy and numeracy teaching, the Youth Awards Scheme, social skills lessons and a nurture group facility.

Condition Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder Y
Aspergers
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
English as an additional language (EAL)
Genetic
Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory
Has SEN unit or class
HI - Hearing Impairment
Hospital School
Mental health
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Natspec Specialist Colleges
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
PD - Physical Disability Y
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Special facilities for Visually Impaired
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
VI - Visual Impairment

Interpreting catchment maps

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Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.

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Further reading

If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.

Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.

Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.

*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.

The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.

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