Find a secondary school or community area
Find a school
You can use our school directory to search for a school.
You can state preferences for 3 different schools for your child.
To help you decide where to apply, you should find out as much as you can about individual schools. For example, think about:
- how we allocate places
- how your child will get to and from school
- The school's community area
Find my community area (secondary)
Every Community and Voluntary Controlled school in East Sussex has a ‘community area’. Children who live in this area have priority for admission to that school ahead of children living outside the area. Some own admission authority schools and academies use community areas as well.
Living in a community area does not a guarantee your child a place.
You can find a community area by using our searchable maps.
For the best results, locate an address by typing the address or a postcode into the search bar. Once found, click on the map to reveal the community area for that location. You can zoom in and out by using +/- buttons. Some locations are in more than one community area.
You can also email your full address to Admissions and Transport to see which community area you live in.
Other own admission authority schools and academies prioritise children according to other criteria. These schools are shown in brackets in the list below. Although they are shown in the community area map, children living in the area will not have priority for places ahead of children living outside it.
Some schools share a community area. These areas are described by the name of the town they are in and are in the list below.
Shared community areas
Bexhill secondary schools
- Bexhill Academy
- St Richard’s Catholic College
Eastbourne Secondary schools
- Eastbourne Secondary schools share various community areas.
- Gildredge House School does not use the community areas as shown
Hastings secondary schools
- Ark Alexandra Academy
- The Hastings Academy
- The St Leonards Academy
Schools which are not in this list have their own area which is clearly labelled in the searchable maps. For confirmation of the community area serving your address please email Admissions and Transport team giving the exact address and detailing which age group you wish to enquire about.
