Longhill High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 19 2024 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
114581
Address
Falmer Road, Rottingdean, BN2 7FR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
825 (63% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
7.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.8%
Persistent absence
43.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.8%
Mixed 7.6%
Other White 3.5%
Other 2.4%
African 1.3%
Other Asian 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.62
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.8
Local authority average 47.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.08
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award18
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE53
BiologyGCSE36
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE36
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE50
DanceGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Longhill High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
105
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
79
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
79
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
86
81
Year 8
139
58
81
Year 9
175
95
80
Year 10
176
95
81
Year 11
168
96
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
89.4%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
16.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
15.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
49.0%
56.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
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