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Brighton Hill Community School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,284Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 149707URN

Brighton Way, Basingstoke, RG22 4HS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Hampshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hampshire

479 applications for 242 places · 32nd of 68 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
37th of 69 in Hampshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 21 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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

  1. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Hampshire median (1.9) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

479 applications · 242 places offered · 240 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.2; Hampshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.7; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.9; Hampshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.6; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Hampshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Hampshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Hampshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.6; Hampshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Hampshire median

Dashed bars: as Brighton Hill Community School (URN 116441), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262424792.02400.99
Sep 20252404772.02681.12
Sep 20242495402.23321.33
Sep 2023 *2485132.12711.09
Sep 2022 *2544881.92801.10
Sep 2021 *2544921.92571.01
Sep 2020 *2544391.72551.00
Sep 2019 *2164051.92010.93
Sep 2018 *1993191.61630.82
Sep 2017 *1142011.81050.92
Sep 2016 *961992.1930.97
Sep 2015 *1182362.01130.96
Sep 2014 *782032.6700.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

238 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.237th of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%31st of 69 in Hampshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.01
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23845.245%66%–
2024/2524744.544%64%–
2023/2423546.949%69%+0.01
2022/23 *20646.040%73%+0.04

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

  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149707 · 850/4182
Trust
South Farnham Educational Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,259 pupils · 1,284 on roll
Free school meals
19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2023
Replaced
Brighton Hill Community School (URN 116441)
Address
Brighton Way, Basingstoke, RG22 4HS
Local authority
Hampshire · Basingstoke and Deane

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources