Varndean School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brighton, BN1 6NP
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Dorothy Stringer School
Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ
Local ranking4th of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 75.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 330
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1626
- Boys
- 869 (53%)
- Girls
- 757 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.0%
- EAL
- 9.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,111/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.7% 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: 67.9%
- White Other: 8.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.4%
- Other: 2.3%
- Black African: 1.8%
67.9%
White British
8.0%
White Other
4.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Loder Road
Brighton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114580
- UKPRN
- 10015487
- Establishment No.
- 4016
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