Varndean School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brighton, BN1 6NP
- Distance
- 3.1km away
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW
Local ranking9th of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 23.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 116
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 50.0%
- Higher education
- 10.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 30.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D
Avg A-Level Grade
18.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
9
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 22.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 133
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 813
- Boys
- 461 (57%)
- Girls
- 352 (43%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (71% full)
- SEND
- 37.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.2%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.8%
- SEN Support
- 29.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,839/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 15.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 42.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 74.7%
- Black African: 5.5%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Other: 3.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
74.7%
White British
5.5%
Black African
3.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136164
- UKPRN
- 10030697
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- ALDRIDGE EDUCATION
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