Longhill High School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 36 36.3 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 36.3 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 22.8% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 8.9% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.70 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 32.9[5] | 22.2%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 36.1[3] | 27.2%[3] | -0.70[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 35.8[6] | 28%[6] | -0.62[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 44.1[7] | 37%[7] | -0.51[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 88% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 43% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 36% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 4% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 3% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 94%[9] | 1%[9] | 52%[9] | 33%[9] | 4%[9] | 5%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 95%[10] | 1%[10] | 49%[10] | 35%[10] | 4%[10] | 5%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 94%[11] | 1%[11] | 48%[11] | 36%[11] | 4%[11] | 3%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 90%[12] | 1%[12] | 43%[12] | 39%[12] | 3%[12] | 4%[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
- 19 Mar 2024[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 13 May 2024[13]
- Personal development
- Requires improvement[13]
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement[13]
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement[13]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement[13]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[13]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 146 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 70 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 93 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 148[16] | 72[16] | 105[16] | 1.4[16] | 0.7[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 148[16] | 79[16] | 105[16] | 1.4[16] | 0.8[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 197[16] | 133[16] | 213[16] | 0.9[16] | 0.6[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 186[16] | 103[16] | 161[16] | 1.2[16] | 0.6[16] |
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
- 1200[1]
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove[1]
- Website
- http://www.longhill.org.uk[1]
- District
- Brighton and Hove[17]
- Postcode
- BN2 7FR[1]
- URN
- 114581[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 723 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 7.5% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 25% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 3.5% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 44.3% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 84.8%[19]
- Mixed
- 5.1%[19]
- Asian
- 3.5%[19]
- Black
- 2.7%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 3.8%[19]
- Unclassified
- 0.2%[19]
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.