Eastbourne secondary school drops from ‘good’ to ‘requires improvements’ in Ofsted report

Schools are judged on four categories – the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.

The Eastbourne Academy, in Hampden Park, was inspected in May and the result was published on July 22.

The school, which caters to around 900 students aged 11-16, was rated as ‘requires improvements’. It had previously been rated as ‘good’ in 2012.