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Blatchington Mill School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 52.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.30 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 51[5] 61.9%[5]
2023/24 52.4[3] 61.3%[3] +0.30[3]
2022/23 49.7[6] 50%[6] +0.03[6]
2021/22 50.9[7] 53%[7] -0.04[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2017/18[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2016/17 D+[10]
2015/16 D+[11]
2014/15 D+[12]
2013/14 C-[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
22 Feb 2022[14]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published
5 May 2022[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Feb 2017[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
886 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
252 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
323 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 819[16] 250[16] 322[16] 2.5[16]
Entry Sept 2024 764[16] 278[16] 329[16] 2.3[16]
Entry Sept 2023 830[16] 299[16] 328[16] 2.5[16]
Entry Sept 2022 818[16] 285[16] 324[16] 2.5[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1650[1]
Local authority
Brighton and Hove[1]
Website
http://www.blatchingtonmill.org.uk/[1]
District
Brighton and Hove[17]
Postcode
BN3 7BW[1]
URN
114606[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1635 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
15.1% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
13.9% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.3% 2024/25[18]

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2014/15, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2013/14, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. 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.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.