Schools in Brighton and Hove[1]

Local authority district E06000043 · 75 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 165 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 28 (17%)[4]
second 20%: 31 (19%)[4]
middle 20%: 36 (22%)[4]
fourth 20%: 41 (25%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 29 (18%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

Secondary schools (10)

School	Ages	Headline results
Blatchington Mill School	11–16[2]	A8 52 2025/26[5]
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy	11–19[2]	A8 33 2025/26[5] AL D 2024/25[6]
Cardinal Newman Catholic School	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[5] AL B- 2024/25[6]
Dorothy Stringer School	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[5]
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
King's School	11–19[2]	A8 56 2025/26[5] AL C- 2024/25[6]
Longhill High School	11–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[5]
Patcham High School	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[5]
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[5]
Varndean School	11–16[2]	A8 55 2025/26[5]

Primary schools (47)

School	Ages	Headline results
Aldrington CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[7]
Balfour Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Benfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Bevendean Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[7]
Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
Brackenbury Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[7]
Brunswick Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Carden Nursery and Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Carlton Hill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
City Academy Whitehawk	2–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Coldean Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[7]
Coombe Road Primary School	4–11[2]
Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Downs Infant School	5–7[2]
Downs Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Elm Grove Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[7]
Fairlight Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[7]
Goldstone Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Hangleton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[7]
Hertford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[7]
Hove Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
Middle Street Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Mile Oak Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
Moulsecoomb Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady of Lourdes RC School	4–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[7]
Patcham Infant School	3–7[2]
Patcham Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Peter Gladwin Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[7]
Queen's Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 30% 2024/25[7]
Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[7]
Saltdean Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[7]
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[7]
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[7]
St Luke's Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
St Mark's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[7]
St Martin's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[7]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[7]
St Nicolas CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[7]
St Paul's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
Stanford Primary School	4–11[2]
West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
West Hove Infant School	5–7[2]
Westdene Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[7]
Woodingdean Primary School	4–11[2]

Independent schools (10)

School	Ages	Headline results
Brighton College	11–19[2]	AL A+ 2024/25[6]
Brighton College Prep School	3–12[2]
Brighton Girls GDST	3–18[2]	AL B- 2024/25[6]
Kings Brighton	14–19[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[6]
Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove	3–13[2]
Oxford International College, Brighton	13–19[2]	AL B 2024/25[6]
Roedean School	11–18[2]	AL B+ 2024/25[6]
St Christopher's School	4–13[2]
The Montessori Place	1–19[2]	AL A- 2024/25[6]
Windlesham School	2–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Brighton and Hove Clinic School	11–19[2]
Central Hub Brighton	5–16[2]
Downs View Special School	3–19[2]
Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children	5–19[2]
Hill Park School	4–16[2]
The Lioncare School	6–16[2]

Nursery schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Royal Spa Nursery School	2–5[2]
Tarnerland Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.