Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D50
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hove, BN3 7BN
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Blatchington Mill School
Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7BW
Local ranking4th of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 324
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1635
- Boys
- 790 (49%)
- Girls
- 832 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (98% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.3%
- EAL
- 15.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,762/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
- 11.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.5% 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: 64.9%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Mixed Other: 5.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.9%
- Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.0%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
64.9%
White British
9.1%
White Other
5.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Nevill Avenue
Hove, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114606
- UKPRN
- 10000764
- Establishment No.
- 4067
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