Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Nevill Road, Hove, BN3 7BN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jim Roberts
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,664
- Pupils on roll
- 941
- URN
- 114607
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01273082870
About this school
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is a community secondary school in Hove. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 941 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 224 | 222 | 173 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.8 | 43.3 | 41.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 -0.32 to +0.08 | -0.13 -0.33 to +0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 41% | 34.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 62.6% | 54.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 73% | 74.3% | 64.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Brighton and Hove average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.8 | 40.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.3 | 36.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.1 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,123 |
| 2023/24 | 1,051 |
| 2024/25 | 948 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre compares
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre ranked 8th of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.1 | 13.6% | 36.5% | 941 | — |
| Blatchington Mill School | 51 | 11.4% | 21.3% | 1,622 | 0.3 miles |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic School | 50.4 | 9.3% | 21.1% | 2,657 | 1.0 miles |
| King's School | 53.7 | 6.7% | 19.5% | 925 | 1.1 miles |
| Dorothy Stringer School | 53.3 | 10.8% | 24% | 1,626 | 1.7 miles |
| Varndean School | 48.8 | 9.2% | 20.5% | 1,487 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.52%
- English as an additional language
- 25.4%
- Overall absence
- 13.62%
- Persistent absence
- 38.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blatchington Mill School0.3 miles
Secondary · Hove
-
Cardinal Newman Catholic School1.0 miles
Secondary · Hove
-
King's School1.1 miles
Secondary · Hove
-
Dorothy Stringer School1.7 miles
Secondary · Brighton
-
Varndean School2.0 miles
Secondary · Brighton
Other schools in Hove
- Blatchington Mill School Secondary
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary
- King's School Secondary
- Aldrington CofE Primary School Primary
- Brunswick Primary School Primary
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Goldstone Primary School Primary
- Hangleton Primary School Primary
- Hove Junior School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Primary
- West Hove Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre teach?
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Hove.
- Who is the headteacher of Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre?
- The headteacher of Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is Mr Jim Roberts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre?
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre has 941 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre full?
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre has capacity for 1,664 pupils and 941 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre a faith school?
- No. Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre has no designated religious character.
- Is Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre a selective school?
- No. Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre have?
- The schools register lists Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.8 in 2022/23 and 41.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre compare with other schools in Brighton and Hove?
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre ranked 8th of 10 secondary schools in Brighton and Hove for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre's absence rate?
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre's overall absence rate is 13.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.