Dorothy Stringer School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Unique reference
114580
Address
Loder Road, BN1 6PZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1635 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
7.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
21%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Mixed 12.8%
Other White 6.9%
Other 2.1%
Unclassified 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Indian 1%
African 1%
Chinese 1%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 81%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 62%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.8
Local authority average 47.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.12
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)25
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE58
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE79
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dorothy Stringer School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
327
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
233
2nd preference
507
3rd preference
258
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
198
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
20
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
325
169
156
Year 8
329
184
145
Year 9
324
175
149
Year 10
330
171
159
Year 11
327
190
137
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
89.4%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
16.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
15.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
78.0%
56.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022