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Dorothy Stringer School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.11 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 53.3[5] 61.5%[5]
2023/24 49.8[3] 58.2%[3] +0.11[3]
2022/23 53.8[6] 62%[6] +0.33[6]
2021/22 57.1[7] 64%[7] +0.26[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
2% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
78% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
12% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
1% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 3%[9] 77%[9] 14%[9] 1%[9] 2%[9]
2020/21 96%[10] 2%[10] 78%[10] 11%[10] 1%[10] 3%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 2%[11] 82%[11] 10%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 2%[12] 80%[12] 11%[12] 1%[12] 1%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Oct 2023[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
20 Nov 2023[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Mar 2018[14] S5 Inspection[14] Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
1065 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
290 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
319 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 902[15] 208[15] 322[15] 2.8[15] 0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2024 998[15] 233[15] 327[15] 3.1[15] 0.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023 990[15] 253[15] 322[15] 3.1[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2022 1037[15] 285[15] 343[15] 3.0[15] 0.8[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1650[1]
Local authority
Brighton and Hove[1]
Website
https://dorothy-stringer.co.uk/[1]
District
Brighton and Hove[16]
Postcode
BN1 6PZ[1]
URN
114580[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1626 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
9.7% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
14% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.4%[18]
Mixed
13.8%[18]
Asian
6.9%[18]
Black
2.2%[18]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[18]
Unclassified
1.5%[18]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.