Saxon Mount School, St Leonards-on-Sea

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Data last updated 12 Sept 2026

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Adam Higgins-Gooch
Pupils:172 / 135 capacity
LA:East Sussex
Phone:01424426303
Website:tasmat.org
Address:Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
Trust:TORFIELD AND SAXON MOUNT ACADEMY TRUST
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open
Opened:1 October 2014

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
-

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Inspected 28 January 2025View full report
URN:141475
UKPRN:10047649
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Hastings and Rye
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its November 2017 inspection — unchanged since its previous inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Leadership & management.

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At a Glance

57.3%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

15 responses
Would recommend100%
Child is happy93%
Well taught93%
Good progress87%
Feels safe100%
Well behaved100%
Bullying dealt with40%
Kept informed93%
Handles concerns73%
Wider development100%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Class Sizes

0.0

Avg class size

0

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Train Stations

West St Leonards Rail Station (entrance)
572m · 9 min walk

Bus Stops

The St Leonards Academy (adj)
81m · 1 min walk
Field Way (adj)
174m · 3 min walk
William Road North (opp)
176m · 3 min walk
Collinswood Drive (opp)
444m · 7 min walk
William Road (o/s 2)
454m · 7 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

127%

Over capacity

172 pupils

135 capacity

37 places over capacity

Area Demand Pressure - St Leonards-on-Sea

Low pressure
New homes approved:521
Projected new pupils:94

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for St Leonards-on-Sea

Admissions Demand - East Sussex

Low demand0.90x oversubscription

Places available

5,548

Applications

4,976

Got 1st preference

86.1%

Got preferred school

96.5%

Secondary admissions across East Sussex (2025/26)

Inspection History(3)

28 January 2025
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
17 October 2023
1 November 2017
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding

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Teachers & Staff

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

9.90508%

Overall absence

30.63584%

Persistent absence

173

Enrolments

Authorised9.03785%
Unauthorised0.86723%
Persistent (10%+)30.63584%
Severe (50%+)3.46821%

Absence trend

5.46866%
18/19
18.22612%
20/21
9.63588%
21/22
9.7137%
22/23
10.64989%
23/24
9.90508%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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