Dorothy Stringer School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Brighton and Hove
Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 10/10/2023
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.2%
30.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,626
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,650 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
179 of 208 families who put it first got an offer
322
Places offered
902
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 208 | 179 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 471 | 126 | ● 27% |
| 3rd preference | 223 | 17 | ● 8% |
| Total | 902 | 322 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Brighton and Hove lets families list 3 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Matt Hillier
- Address
- Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ
- Phone
- 01273852222
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward / constituency
- Preston Park · Brighton Pavilion
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114580
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,626 pupils · 1,650 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
10 October 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,715 pupils
Attendance
89.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
30.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.11 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.74 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 61.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 80% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 75.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.07 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 330 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 326 | 31% | 66% | 84% | |
| English Language | 326 | 29% | 68% | 81% | |
| English Literature | 314 | 29% | 75% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 243 | 12% | 49% | 72% | |
| Spanish | 187 | 24% | 57% | 79% | |
| History | 177 | 33% | 63% | 71% | |
| Art and Design | 135 | 32% | 66% | 76% | |
| Geography | 128 | 38% | 63% | 79% | |
| Social Studies | 106 | 31% | 78% | 88% | |
| Statistics | 79 | 80% | 95% | 99% | |
| Physics | 78 | 74% | 97% | 99% | |
| Biology | 77 | 77% | 97% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Brighton and Hove council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.