Blatchington Mill School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 52 52.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 52.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 57.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 19.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.30 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	Progress 8
2024/25	51[5]	61.9%[5]
2023/24	52.4[3]	61.3%[3]	+0.30[3]
2022/23	49.7[6]	50%[6]	+0.03[6]
2021/22	50.9[7]	53%[7]	-0.04[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2017/18[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2017/18[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2016/17	D+[10]	0%[10]
2015/16	D+[11]	0%[11]
2014/15	D+[12]
2013/14	C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 6% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 70% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 14% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	96%[15]	12%[15]	64%[15]	18%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	96%[16]	4%[16]	74%[16]	12%[16]	1%[16]	4%[16]
2019/20	95%[17]	9%[17]	64%[17]	20%[17]
2018/19	95%[18]	10%[18]	67%[18]	12%[18]	2%[18]	2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 75% 2015/16[19]
UK higher education: 36% 2015/16[19]
Education: 48% 2015/16[19]
Apprenticeship: 12% 2014/15[20]
Employment: 34% 2014/15[20]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2014/15	86%[20]	28%[20]	52%[20]	12%[20]	34%[20]
2013/14	82%[21]	25%[21]	61%[21]	8%[21]	22%[21]

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: 22 Feb 2022[22]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[22]
Report published: 5 May 2022[22]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[22]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[22]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
8 Feb 2017[23]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[23]	No overall grade[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 886 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 252 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 323 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	819[24]	250[24]	322[24]	2.5[24]	0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2024	764[24]	278[24]	329[24]	2.3[24]	0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2023	830[24]	299[24]	328[24]	2.5[24]	0.9[24]
Entry Sept 2022	818[24]	285[24]	324[24]	2.5[24]	0.9[24]

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: http://www.blatchingtonmill.org.uk/[1]
District: Brighton and Hove [25]
Postcode: BN3 7BW[1]
URN: 114606[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1635 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language: 15.1% 2024/25[26]
SEN support: 13.9% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan: 1.8% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 21.3% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 74.8%[27]
Mixed: 13.6%[27]
Asian: 5.9%[27]
Black: 1.8%[27]
Any other ethnic group: 3.5%[27]
Unclassified: 0.4%[27]

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.
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