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Secondary schools in Brighton and Hove

10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove.

Ofsted among secondary schools in Brighton and Hove

Good4
Requires improvement1
No overall grade5

5 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 5 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.

Last overall grade still shown
5
Current framework (no overall grade)
5
Average days since inspection
831
Framework mix
5 historic, 5 current, 0 none

Secondary schools in Brighton and Hove

Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.

10 schools

SchoolAreaOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8Compare
King's SchoolFree schools Hove Report card 2026 53.7 0.840.62 to 1.07
Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolVoluntary aided school Hove No overall grade 50.4 0.560.41 to 0.71
Varndean SchoolCommunity school Brighton Good 2022 48.8 0.420.26 to 0.59
Blatchington Mill SchoolCommunity school Hove Good 2022 51 0.300.13 to 0.46
Dorothy Stringer SchoolCommunity school Brighton Good 2023 53.3 0.11-0.05 to 0.26 · not a win
Portslade Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led Brighton Report card 2026 42.7 -0.01-0.22 to 0.20 · not a win
Hove Park School and Sixth Form CentreCommunity school Hove Report card 2026 41.1 -0.13-0.33 to 0.08 · not a win
Patcham High SchoolCommunity school Brighton Good 2023 45.5 -0.45-0.64 to -0.26
Brighton Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led Brighton No overall grade 36.2 -0.40-0.67 to -0.13
Longhill High SchoolCommunity school Brighton Requires improvement 2024 32.9 -0.70-0.92 to -0.48