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Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
40.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.13 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 41.1[5] 34.7%[5]
2023/24 43.3[3] 41%[3] -0.13[3]
2022/23 46.8[6] 46%[6] -0.12[6]
2021/22 49.6[7] 54%[7] +0.12[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2023/24[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2021/22[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2022/23 D-[11]
2021/22 D+[9] 0%[9]
2018/19 D-[12] 0%[12]
2017/18 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
3% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
62% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 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 97%[15] 6%[15] 64%[15] 24%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 11%[16] 57%[16] 17%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 13%[17] 60%[17] 21%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 16%[18] 49%[18] 24%[18] 2%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
45% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
10% 2022/23[19]
Education
23% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 35%[20] 11%[20] 22%[20] 4%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 31%[21] 15%[21] 17%[21] 0%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 52%[22] 16%[22] 38%[22] 1%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 74%[23] 23%[23] 49%[23] 8%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
29% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 50%[26] 13%[26]
2019/20 42%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 51%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 45%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28]

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
27 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
22 Mar 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Dec 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
1 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
706 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
92 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
135 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 621[32] 120[32] 162[32] 3.8[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 588[32] 102[32] 159[32] 3.7[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 698[32] 152[32] 171[32] 4.1[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 590[32] 112[32] 160[32] 3.7[32] 0.7[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1664[1]
Local authority
Brighton and Hove[1]
Website
http://www.hovepark.brighton-hove.sch.uk/[1]
District
Brighton and Hove[33]
Postcode
BN3 7BN[1]
URN
114607[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
948 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
25.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
21.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
8.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.5% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
71.3%[35]
Mixed
8.6%[35]
Asian
9%[35]
Black
4.4%[35]
Any other ethnic group
5.7%[35]
Unclassified
1%[35]

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

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