Blatchington Mill School
Community school · 1,622 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Community school
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
- Pupils on roll
- 941of 1,664 places
- Free school meals
- 36.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 173
- Ofsted
- Report card, 27 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 224 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre in 2023, 3% stayed on in Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre’s own sixth form (Brighton and Hove average 13%) and 25% went to a further education college.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 62% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Among the 31 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 10% went to university (Brighton and Hove 36%, England 37%), and 0% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Brighton and Hove and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 224 | 2,405 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 62% | 55% | 13% |
| — further education college | 25% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 31 | 3,036 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 45% | 80% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 10% | 36% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 0% | 31% | 19% |
| Further education | 6% | 8% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 7% |
| Employment | 23% | 32% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 14% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.1 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 | 4.24 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.4 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.9 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 31% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 170 | 98% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 61% |
| Mathematics | 168 | 97% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 62% |
| English Literature | 159 | 92% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 125 | 72% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 41% |
| History | 96 | 55% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 54% |
| Geography | 57 | 33% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 60% |
| Spanish | 57 | 33% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 49% |
| Business Studies | 39 | 23% | 18% | 5% | 20% | 49% |
| Statistics | 36 | 21% | 5% | 47% | 20% | 100% |
| Biology | 36 | 21% | 23% | 39% | 45% | 86% |
| Photography | 36 | 21% | 6% | 11% | 19% | 53% |
| Physics | 35 | 20% | 23% | 49% | 46% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 35 | 20% | 23% | 40% | 47% | 86% |
| Fine Art | 30 | 17% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 73% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 29 | 17% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 59% |
| French | 26 | 15% | 18% | 19% | 29% | 38% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 15% | 13% | 19% | 30% | 62% |
| German | 21 | 12% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 43% |
| Music | 21 | 12% | 5% | 10% | 33% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 11% | 11% | 26% | 23% | 47% |
| Drama | 19 | 11% | 7% | 26% | 27% | 79% |
| Physical Education | 17 | 10% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 65% |
| Psychology | 13 | 8% | 3% | 31% | 22% | 85% |
| Chinese | 10 | 6% | 1% | 80% | 75% | 100% |
| Arabic | 7 | 4% | 1% | 29% | 47% | 71% |
| Portuguese | 7 | 4% | 0% | 14% | 50% | 71% |
| Turkish | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Persian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Modern Hebrew | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 83% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 18 | 100% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | This school | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 11 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 1 | 2,662 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | — | B | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | — | 38.79 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | — | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | — | 19% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 808 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.2
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 2,657 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Dorothy Stringer School
Community school · 1,626 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.3
King's School
Free schools · sixth form · 925 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Longhill High School
Community school · 632 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.