Established 1952 DfE URN 114601 Tables Ages 11–16 Number of students 900 Gender Mixed-sex education | Principal Mr. Stuart Smith Ofsted Reports Phone +44 1424 711950 Founded 1952 Staff 100 | |
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Location Rye Road
Ore, Hastings
East Sussex
TN35 5DN
England Address Rye Rd, Hastings TN35 5DN, UK Profiles | ||
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The Hastings Academy, formerly known as Hillcrest, is a secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The Hastings Academy opened on 1st September 2011 moving into a brand new building during February 2013.The school has around 900 students and over 100 staff. The principal is Mr. Stuart Smith.
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History
Hastings A School was completed in 1953, where it opened as a girls secondary school. At around this time the school campus was made up of B-Block and the sports fields. With the closure of the boys school in Priory Road in the late seventies, (next to Castledown School), Hillcrest accepted both male and female students.
In 2007 the school closed its 6th Form.
September of 2013 saw the closing of Hillcrest School and the opening of The Hastings Academy.
The old Hillcrest Campus
The school campus was divided into four blocks: L block, the Sports Centre, A Block and B Block. In addition to the Sports Centre, there is a gymnasium in B Block. There were three tennis courts on site and four playgrounds. There were two fields east of the Language Block. The school owned part of the woodland behind A Block's playground. A multi use games area was opened in 2006.
A Block
There were huts behind A Block where maths is taught and student services, the health clinic, library and canteen were located there.
B Block
The main entrance was there and leads to Kenway Hall.
L Block
The language college was where French, German and Spanish was taught to the students; Japanese. Other languages were taught during after school classes. There was an ICT suite, primarily for the use by Language classes.
Hastings Federation
In 2008, a proposal to create a federation between Filsham Valley, Hillcrest and The Grove secondary schools to improve major aspects of the school was sent up to county to be approved; being approved by the East Sussex County Council before the end of the 2008 school year.
Under the federation, led by Sir Dexter Hutt, the school has improved in all areas including attitude towards learning, behaviour both in and out of the classroom, OFSTED inspections and GCSE results with 76% of students achieving 5 A* – C, and at least 93% 5A* – G grades.
The federation continues today in the form of The Hastings Academies Trust which includes Hastings Academy and The St Leonards Academy (The result of a merger between Filsham Valley and The Grove).
The Hastings Academy opened on 1st September 2011 and an extensive building program saw the old buildings continue to be occupied until 2013 during the development and construction of the brand new buildings. The old school was demolished and the current buildings have been used since February of 2013.