Inspectors have praised Blatchington Mill School in a report by the official watchdog Ofsted.
One of them, Ofsted inspector Caroline Walshe, said: “The visit was the first short inspection carried out since the school was judged to be good in February 2013.”
In a letter to head teacher Ashley Harrold she wrote: “This school continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection.
“Leaders and staff share a clear understanding of the school’s strengths and how to improve it further.
“You are a very reflective leader and, with the leadership team, you analyse and make careful and effective use of information to promote and track improvements.
“Leaders and the governing body accurately identify areas to improve while regularly reviewing the effectiveness of the actions that leaders and staff take. Governors support leaders well.
“There is a very honest relationship between your governing body and your leadership team and this promotes improvement well.
“Leaders have established a culture and ethos which is inclusive, caring and which fosters pupils’ good achievement. Pupils and parents recognise how the staff team supports and nurtures pupils well to succeed.
“Leaders have created a calm and well-organised school where pupils are safe. Relationships between pupils are strong because all are taught to respect one another and diversity is celebrated.
“Pupils told us that your focus on rewarding pupils’ positive behaviour is encouraging more pupils to do the right thing.
“These actions have created powerful and positive working relationships between staff and pupils. As a result, most parents would recommend this school to others.
“Effective leadership of teaching means that the vast majority of pupils make good progress. This includes disadvantaged pupils.
“You rightly identify the strengths in middle leadership in English, mathematics and science as some of the main drivers in improving teaching and pupils’ achievement.
“The majority of pupils achieve well and attain outcomes that compare favourably with pupils nationally who have similar starting points.
“However, pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities could do better in some subjects.
“GCSE results have improved significantly since the last inspection, in most subjects. This is because staff now use assessment information well to check pupils’ learning and match activities well to their different needs.
