| Seaford Head School | |
| Coordinates: | 50.7708°N 0.1179°W |
| Motto: | Achieving Excellence Together |
| Type: | Academy |
| Head Label: | Head Teacher |
| Head: | Robert Ellis |
| Address: | Arundel Road |
| City: | Seaford |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | BN25 4LX |
| Local Authority: | East Sussex |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Urn: | 138473 |
| Enrolment: | 1075 |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Colours: | Navy, light blue, green |
| Website: | http://www.seafordhead.org |
Seaford Head School (formerly Seaford Head Community College), in Seaford, East Sussex, England, is a co-educational secondary school with academy status for students aged 11 to 16 years, with a sixth form centre for students aged 16 to 18.
The school opened in 1938 as Seaford County Modern School, becoming Seaford County Secondary School in 1949. It became a comprehensive in 1972, became Seaford Head Community College in 1993, acquired Trust status in 2011 and in 2012 became an Academy as Seaford Head School.[1] Due to increasing competition from the larger Sussex Downs College conglomerate, the sixth form closed in 2009; a new Sixth Form Centre opened in 2014.[1] [2] The school was in Ofsted special measures from 2004 to 2006.[3] An Ofsted inspection was carried out in October 2010 and the school was judged "Good with many outstanding features" and was reassessed in 2017 and deemed “outstanding”.[4]
The school is a Specialist Science & Sports College, holding the Sport England Award Sportsmark. It also holds the British Council International School Award and the ArtsMark award from the English Arts Council. It is a part of Healthy Schools East Sussex, which promotes healthy eating and lifestyles, and is a member of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
In 2015, the school was criticised for requiring its students to purchase and wear a specific backpack.[5]
In 2016, Rosalind Ramsey, former head of science, was struck off for kissing a pupil. Ramsey instigated Facebook contact with the pupil and met him three times out of school.[6]