Brighton Hill Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
149707
Address
Brighton Way, RG22 4HS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1282 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.5%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.2%
Mixed 6.1%
Other White 5.3%
African 2.4%
Other Asian 1.7%
Indian 1.2%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
TourismTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE57
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
Design & TechnologyGCSE56
DanceGCSE18
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Brighton Hill Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
240
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
136
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
234
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
262
129
133
Year 8
280
148
132
Year 9
250
128
122
Year 10
244
131
113
Year 11
246
138
108
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
31.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
58.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023