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Schools in the Brighton and Hove local authority

Brighton and Hove has 83 schools listed on OfferDay across 3 towns.

2 nursery schools · 48 primary schools · 10 secondary schools · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 9 special and alternative provision schools · 10 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Brighton and Hove

Most of the 83 schools listed in Brighton and Hove are primary schools. Its ten secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
59%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 45 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
46.6
average Attainment 8 score, across the 11 schools with published results

Top schools in Brighton and Hove

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Peter Gladwin Primary School 77%
  2. 2 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove 76%
  3. 3 St Paul's CofE Primary School 76%
  4. 4 Hove Junior School 76%
  5. 5 Carlton Hill Primary School 74%
  6. 6 Patcham Junior School 72%
  7. 7 Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School 72%
  8. 8 Balfour Primary School 71%

Secondary

  1. 1 King's School 53.7
  2. 2 Dorothy Stringer School 53.3
  3. 3 Blatchington Mill School 51.0
  4. 4 Cardinal Newman Catholic School 50.4
  5. 5 Varndean School 48.8
  6. 6 Patcham High School 45.5
  7. 7 Portslade Aldridge Community Academy 42.7
  8. 8 Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre 41.1

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Brighton and Hove.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Brighton and Hove

How many schools are in Brighton and Hove?
OfferDay lists 83 schools in Brighton and Hove, including 48 primary schools and ten secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Brighton and Hove?
Every school in Brighton and Hove is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Brighton and Hove?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Brighton and Hove does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Brighton and Hove local authority?
OfferDay groups the Brighton and Hove schools across three towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.