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King's School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
59.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
26.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.84 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 53.7[6] 59.4%[6]
2023/24 60[4] 77.6%[4] +0.84[4]
2022/23 54.3[7] 66%[7] +0.57[7]
2021/22 59.7[8] 71%[8] +0.71[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.7% 2024/25[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
24% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
46% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[9]
Employment
1% 2022/23[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[10] 20%[10] 65%[10] 13%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2020/21 94%[11] 12%[11] 63%[11] 14%[11] 0%[11] 2%[11]
2019/20 98%[12] 18%[12] 49%[12] 23%[12] 1%[12] 1%[12]
2018/19 96%[13] 23%[13] 47%[13] 22%[13] 0%[13] 2%[13]

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

Latest inspection
19 May 2026[14]
Type
S5 Inspection[14]
Report published
12 Jul 2026[14]
Inclusion
Strong standard[14]
Achievement
Strong standard[14]
Safeguarding standards
Met[14]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[14]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[14]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[14]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[14]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Mar 2022[15] S5 Inspection[15] Good[15]
5 Dec 2018[16] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[16] No overall grade[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.8 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference)
827 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences
212 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered
171 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 737[17] 244[17] 172[17] 4.3[17] 1.4[17]
Entry Sept 2024 659[17] 235[17] 159[17] 4.1[17] 1.5[17]
Entry Sept 2023 660[17] 238[17] 162[17] 4.1[17] 1.5[17]
Entry Sept 2022 658[17] 226[17] 157[17] 4.2[17] 1.4[17]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Trust
RUSSELL EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Brighton and Hove[1]
Website
http://www.kingsschoolhove.org.uk/[1]
District
Brighton and Hove[18]
Postcode
BN3 8BN[1]
URN
139409[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
903 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
20.4% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
18.3% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.5% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73%[20]
Mixed
10.9%[20]
Asian
4.5%[20]
Black
2.7%[20]
Any other ethnic group
5.4%[20]
Unclassified
3.5%[20]

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

  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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. 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.