Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 8 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 17 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry1,191 applications · 346 places offered · 484 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.4; Brighton and Hove median median 3.1
- 2025 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2024 2.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2023 2.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2022 2.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2021 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2020 2.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2019 2.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2018 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2017 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2016 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2015 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2014 2.3; 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 | 346 | 1,191 | 3.4 | 484 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2025 | 346 | 1,056 | 3.1 | 509 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2024 | 355 | 930 | 2.6 | 461 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2023 | 358 | 929 | 2.6 | 449 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2022 | 353 | 846 | 2.4 | 377 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 354 | 950 | 2.7 | 409 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 | 343 | 845 | 2.5 | 331 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 344 | 985 | 2.9 | 448 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2018 | 354 | 806 | 2.3 | 377 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 | 357 | 792 | 2.2 | 361 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 360 | 822 | 2.3 | 375 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 | 354 | 802 | 2.3 | 381 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2014 | 357 | 812 | 2.3 | 391 | 1.10 |
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.) | 372 | 50.9 | 54% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 365 | 50.4 | 48% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 355 | 54.4 | 61% | 81% | +0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 359 | 51.8 | 52% | 76% | +0.15 |
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
- Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Brighton and Hove20265.2applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Brighton and HoveGood20233.3applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Brighton and Hove20262.7applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Brighton and HoveGood20223.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Brighton and HoveRemains Good20233.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Brighton and Hove20264.8applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Brighton and Hove20262.0applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 33.2Attainment 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 114611 · 846/4605
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 2,600 pupils · 2,657 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- The Upper Drive, Hove, BN3 6ND
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources