Secondary
Uplands Academy
Lower High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 699 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MARK EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 67.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 799
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
37%
42.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.64 |
| Entered the EBacc | 44% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.85 |
| A level students | 25 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 37% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 30.5 |
| 23/24 | 28.8 |
| 24/25 | 27.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | -0.13 |
| 23/24 | -0.23 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 45.3 |
| 23/24 | 44.4 |
| 24/25 | 42.5 |
Lower High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
East Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Chris Connor
- Address
- Lower High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AZ
- Telephone
- 01892782135