Dorothy Stringer School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brighton, BN1 6PZ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Varndean School
Balfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NP
Local ranking3rd of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 October 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 67.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 293
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1497
- Boys
- 748 (50%)
- Girls
- 739 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (99% full)
- SEND
- 30.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.5%
- EAL
- 9.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 24.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,273/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 71.4%
- White Other: 8.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Other: 1.6%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
71.4%
White British
8.7%
White Other
4.7%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 114579
- UKPRN
- 10015965
- Establishment No.
- 4012
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