Varndean School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brighton, BN1 6NP
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Patcham High School
Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8PB
Local ranking6th of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1125
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 61.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 218
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1099
- Boys
- 554 (50%)
- Girls
- 545 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1125 (98% full)
- SEND
- 28.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.3%
- EAL
- 7.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 23.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,883/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.3% 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: 81.4%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
81.4%
White British
3.7%
White Other
3.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ladies Mile Road
Brighton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114608
- UKPRN
- 10016524
- Establishment No.
- 4072
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