Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,065 applications · 319 places offered · 290 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Brighton and Hove median median 3.1
- 2025 2.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2024 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2023 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2022 3.0; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2021 3.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2020 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2019 3.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2018 3.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2017 3.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2016 3.0; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2015 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2014 3.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.3
- This school
- Brighton and Hove median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 319 | 1,065 | 3.3 | 290 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 322 | 902 | 2.8 | 208 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2024 | 327 | 998 | 3.1 | 233 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2023 | 322 | 990 | 3.1 | 253 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2022 | 343 | 1,037 | 3.0 | 285 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 324 | 1,102 | 3.4 | 381 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 349 | 1,084 | 3.1 | 419 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 346 | 1,105 | 3.2 | 425 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2018 | 324 | 1,094 | 3.4 | 405 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2017 | 327 | 1,063 | 3.3 | 455 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2016 | 339 | 1,013 | 3.0 | 490 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2015 | 326 | 1,018 | 3.1 | 461 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2014 | 322 | 1,073 | 3.3 | 485 | 1.51 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 327 | 50.5 | 52% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 330 | 53.3 | 62% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 325 | 49.8 | 58% | 74% | +0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 329 | 53.8 | 62% | 82% | +0.33 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Dorothy Stringer SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.3applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · Brighton and HoveGood20223.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Brighton and HoveRemains Good20233.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Brighton and Hove20262.7applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Brighton and Hove20265.2applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Brighton and Hove20264.8applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · Brighton and Hove20262.0applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 114580 · 846/4016
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,650 pupils · 1,626 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources