Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 22 March 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry827 applications · 171 places offered · 212 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.8; Brighton and Hove median median 3.1
- 2025 4.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2024 4.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2023 4.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2022 4.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2021 4.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2020 5.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2019 3.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2018 3.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2017 3.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
- 2016 3.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2015 2.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 171 | 827 | 4.8 | 212 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 737 | 4.3 | 244 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2024 | 159 | 659 | 4.1 | 235 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2023 | 162 | 660 | 4.1 | 238 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2022 | 157 | 658 | 4.2 | 226 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2021 | 156 | 760 | 4.9 | 229 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2020 | 132 | 733 | 5.6 | 225 | 1.70 |
| Sep 2019 | 151 | 559 | 3.7 | 160 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 124 | 437 | 3.5 | 143 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 100 | 387 | 3.9 | 125 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 | 98 | 334 | 3.4 | 95 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 108 | 262 | 2.4 | 88 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 | 114 | 233 | 2.0 | 104 | 0.91 |
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.) | 176 | 56.5 | 60% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 160 | 53.7 | 59% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 165 | 60.0 | 78% | 92% | +0.84 |
| 2022/23 | 122 | 54.3 | 66% | 82% | +0.57 |
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
- King's SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.8applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Brighton and Hove20262.7applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Brighton and Hove20265.2applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Brighton and Hove20262.0applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Brighton and HoveGood20233.3applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Brighton and HoveRemains Good20233.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Brighton and HoveGood20223.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · West SussexOutstanding20241.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139409 · 846/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 925 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2013
- Address
- Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources