Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children[1]
Special · ages 5–19
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 6.1 2016/17[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0% 2016/17[2]
- Progress 8
- -1.04 2016/17[2]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[3]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 100% 2019/20[7]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2019/20[7]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2019/20[7]
- Further education college
- 67% 2019/20[7]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2019/20[7]
- Employment
- 0% 2019/20[7]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 100%[8] | 9%[8] | 0%[8] | 64%[8] | 0%[8] | 0%[8] |
| 2013/14 | 100%[9] | 0%[9] | 91%[9] | 0%[9] | 0%[9] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Inspected by
- Ofsted[10]
- Latest inspection
- 29 Apr 2025[11]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[11]
- Report published
- 15 Jun 2025[11]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[11]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[11]
Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Non-maintained special school[1]
- Ages
- 5–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- Boarding school[1]
- Capacity
- 85[1]
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove[1]
- Website
- https://www.hamiltonlsc.co.uk/[1]
- Nursery classes
- No Nursery Classes[10]
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes[10]
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty[10]
- District
- Brighton and Hove[14]
- Postcode
- BN2 0LS[1]
- URN
- 114619[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 24 2024/25[15]
- English as an additional language
- 100% 2024/25[15]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[15]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[15]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 50% 2024/25[15]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 66.7%[16]
- Mixed
- 16.7%[16]
- Asian
- 11.1%[16]
- Black
- 5.6%[16]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[16]
- Unclassified
- 0%[16]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quote
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quote
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2013/14, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.