Special free school · East Sussex
The Flagship School
- Special
- Ages 7–16
Term dates
Special free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow East Sussex council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 20 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 16 March 2022. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as The Flagship School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Special free school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 7–16
- Pupils
- 63 (capacity 80)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- THE BECKMEAD TRUST
- Phone
- 01424311023
- Address
- The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
- Website
- beckmeadtrust.org/flagship
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.