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Brighton Hill Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.01 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 44.5[5] 44.1%[5]
2023/24 46.9[3] 48.9%[3] +0.01[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[6]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[6]
Sixth-form college
58% 2022/23[6]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[6]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[6]
Employment
3% 2022/23[6]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[7] 0%[7] 54%[7] 34%[7] 3%[7] 3%[7]

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
23 Jun 2026[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
21 Jul 2026[8]
Inclusion
Strong standard[8]
Achievement
Expected standard[8]
Safeguarding standards
Met[8]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[8]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[8]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[8]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
479 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
240 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
242 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 477[9] 268[9] 240[9] 2.0[9] 1.1[9]
Entry Sept 2024 540[9] 332[9] 249[9] 2.2[9] 1.3[9]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1259[1]
Trust
SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
https://www.brightonhill.org/[1]
District
Basingstoke and Deane[10]
Postcode
RG22 4HS[1]
URN
149707[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1282 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
8.1% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
4.6% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.9% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.1%[12]
Mixed
5.5%[12]
Asian
4.4%[12]
Black
3.3%[12]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[12]
Unclassified
0.1%[12]

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 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.