Special school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children
Walpole Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0LS
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 30 April 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 18
- Places
- 85
- How full
- 21% full — 18 of 85 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 8 / 10
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 100%
- With an EHC plan
- 100%
- On SEN support
- 0%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Brighton and Hove 031B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 59%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 8%
- Households owning their home
- 42%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 50%
- Adults economically inactive
- 32%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Principal: Lorraine Slee
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward
- Queen's Park
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- URN
- 114619
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest special schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downs View Special SchoolCommunity special school | No grade | — | 2 mi |
| Brighton and Hove Clinic SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 2.7 mi |
| The Lioncare SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 3.2 mi |
| Hove Micro-SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 4.5 mi |
| Hill Park SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2022 | — | 4.6 mi |
| Compass Community School Pinetree ParkOther independent special school | No grade | — | 5.4 mi |
| Northease Manor SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 5.5 mi |
| Herons Dale SchoolCommunity special school | Good 2023 | — | 5.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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