White House Academy | Primary in Hailsham, Wealden | Ofsted & DfE

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

191

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

191

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

191

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/09/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEast Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio16.4:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of White House Academy · Primary · East Sussex

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

68%

-2pp

70%54%38%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 68%

RWM higher standard

11%

+8pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

68%

Reading higher standard

25%

Writing expected standard

79%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

86%

Maths higher standard

32%

Science expected standard

82%

SPAG expected standard

64%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

191

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

15%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

26%

Contact

Address

Marshfoot Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2FB

Local authority

East Sussex

Website

https://whitehouse-academy.org/

Telephone

01323841615

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	68%	11%	68%	25%	79%	11%	86%	32%	82%	64%	105.0	107.0	104.0	—	—	—	24%	191
2023/24	70%	3%	77%	10%	73%	3%	80%	13%	70%	43%	103.0	105.0	101.0	—	—	—	20%	189
2022/23	57%	0%	60%	20%	80%	0%	70%	20%	80%	50%	104.0	104.0	101.0	-2.80	-0.60	-0.30	17%	193
2018/19	38%	0%	48%	10%	62%	0%	62%	14%	67%	52%	98.0	100.0	99.0	+0.40	+2.10	+1.50	18%	171
2017/18	59%	11%	78%	41%	67%	11%	67%	22%	78%	85%	107.0	103.0	107.0	+3.50	-0.60	-0.30	—	174
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	191	17.1	24%	15%	39%	8%	26%
2023/24	189	20.4	20%	14%	37%	8%	26%
2022/23	193	18.8	17%	16%	36%	8%	27%
2021/22	186	19.0	18%	13%	40%	9%	33%
2020/21	174	17.8	16%	13%	37%	—	—
2018/19	171	26.3	18%	10%	39%	6%	18%
2017/18	—	19.8	—	—	—	7%	20%
2016/17	—	—	—	—	—	7%	27%