Homewood College
Queensdown School Road, Off Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 7LA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Philip Edkins
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Pupils on roll
- 36
- URN
- 114678
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
About this school
Homewood College was a community special school in Brighton. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 36 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Homewood College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.18 -3.23 to -1.13 | -2.64 -3.44 to -1.84 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 7.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Trends over time
How Homewood College 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 | 1.3 | 40.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 3.4 | 36.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 51.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 36 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 80%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 51.7%
- Persistent absence
- 97.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Central Hub Brighton0.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Brighton
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University of Brighton0.4 miles
Universities · Brighton
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Team Domenica1.3 miles
Other types · Brighton
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Kings Brighton1.4 miles
Independent schools · Brighton
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Windlesham School1.6 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Brighton
- Central Hub Brighton Local authority maintained schools
- Downs View Life Skills College Other types
- Downs View Special School Special schools
- Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children Special schools
- Hill Park School Special schools
- St. John's College (Brighton) Other types
- Team Domenica Other types
- Royal Spa Nursery School Nursery
- Tarnerland Nursery School Nursery
- Balfour Primary School Primary
- Benfield Primary School Primary
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Homewood College teach?
- Homewood College taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a special school in Brighton.
- Has Homewood College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Homewood College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Homewood College?
- Homewood College had 36 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Homewood College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 1.3 in 2022/23 and 3.4 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Homewood College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Homewood College'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 29 January 2025.