Blatchington Mill School
Community school · 1,622 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Free schools
King's School
- Pupils on roll
- 925of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 19.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 160
- Ofsted
- Report card, 19 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 at King's School in 2023, 24% stayed on in King's School’s own sixth form (Brighton and Hove average 13%), 20% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 46% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Brighton and Hove, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 31% 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 | King's School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 122 | 2,405 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 24% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 46% | 55% | 13% |
| — further education college | 20% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | King's School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 53.7 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.71 | 4.24 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.3 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 58.5 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 156 | 98% | 88% | 27% | 22% | 85% |
| English Literature | 155 | 97% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 86% |
| English Language | 155 | 97% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 85% |
| Religious Studies | 151 | 94% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 66% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 72% |
| Geography | 77 | 48% | 41% | 29% | 25% | 83% |
| History | 59 | 37% | 41% | 61% | 26% | 86% |
| Computer Science | 49 | 31% | 13% | 41% | 30% | 80% |
| Biology | 48 | 30% | 23% | 69% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 48 | 30% | 23% | 71% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 48 | 30% | 23% | 67% | 46% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 40 | 25% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 83% |
| Spanish | 39 | 24% | 19% | 44% | 27% | 87% |
| Fine Art | 39 | 24% | 9% | 36% | 28% | 90% |
| Media Studies | 24 | 15% | 4% | 25% | 20% | 88% |
| French | 22 | 14% | 18% | 36% | 29% | 91% |
| Physical Education | 21 | 13% | 11% | 19% | 24% | 86% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 13% | 11% | 15% | 23% | 90% |
| Music | 17 | 11% | 5% | 53% | 33% | 100% |
| Drama | 16 | 10% | 7% | 44% | 27% | 88% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 9% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 80% |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | King's School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 37 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 16 | 2,662 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | C- | B | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 27.36 | 38.79 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | C- | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 7 | 44% | 31% |
| Biology | 6 | 38% | 20% |
| Psychology | — | — | 23% |
| Religious Studies | — | — | 4% |
| Sociology | — | — | 13% |
| Spanish | — | — | 2% |
| Art and Design | — | — | 1% |
| Chemistry | — | — | 17% |
| Computer Science | — | — | 5% |
| Economics | — | — | 13% |
| English Literature | — | — | 11% |
| Geography | — | — | 10% |
| Further Mathematics | — | — | 5% |
| Physics | — | — | 12% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Art | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Fine Art | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Applied Sciences | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Business Studies | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
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
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Community school · sixth form · 941 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.1
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.