Longhill High SchoolPeacehaven Community School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Longhill High School and Peacehaven Community School are secondary schools.

  • Longhill High School scores 33 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Peacehaven Community School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Peacehaven Community School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Longhill High School was judged Requires improvement and Peacehaven Community School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 32.9 for Longhill High School and 40.1 for Peacehaven Community School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Longhill High School (44.1 in 2021-22, 32.9 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Peacehaven Community School (42.1 in 2021-22, 40.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Longhill High School versus Peacehaven Community School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BrightonLonghill High SchoolPeacehavenPeacehaven Community SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF33/100D54/100Stronger figure
Local ranking10th of 10 in Brighton and Hove 15th of 24 in East Sussex
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll723 903
Capacity1,200 890
LocationBrighton, BN2 7FR Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
GCSE results
Attainment 832.9 40.1 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths22.2% 32.8% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths40.1% 51.7% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc26.5% Stronger figure21.3% 40.5%
EBacc average point score2.83 3.43 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort162 174
Pupils
Pupils in the census723 903
Free school meals (ever 6)44.3% 23.5%
English as an additional language7.5% 2.8%
SEN support25.0% 12.2%
SEN with an EHC plan3.5% 6.4%
Attendance
Overall absence16.8% 11.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence48.0% 25.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Longhill High School

Peacehaven Community School

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