Blatchington Mill School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Brighton and Hove
Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7BW
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.7%
32.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,622
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,650 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
236 of 250 families who put it first got an offer
322
Places offered
819
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 250 | 236 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 268 | 61 | ● 23% |
| 3rd preference | 301 | 25 | ● 8% |
| Total | 819 | 322 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Brighton and Hove lets families list 3 preferences. 15 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Kate Claydon
- Address
- Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7BW
- Phone
- 01273736244
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward / constituency
- Westdene & Hove Park · Hove and Portslade
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114606
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 16% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,622 pupils · 1,650 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
23 February 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,695 pupils
Attendance
88.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.8%
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 | 52.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.30 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 79% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.78 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 61.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 56.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 328 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 320 | 28% | 66% | 83% | |
| Mathematics | 319 | 27% | 69% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 313 | 24% | 73% | 87% | |
| Combined Science | 236 | 11% | 49% | 71% | |
| Spanish | 190 | 22% | 52% | 67% | |
| History | 144 | 23% | 63% | 74% | |
| Art and Design | 122 | 28% | 69% | 84% | |
| Physics | 78 | 49% | 82% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 78 | 51% | 91% | 97% | |
| Biology | 77 | 51% | 86% | 94% | |
| Statistics | 76 | 59% | 95% | 99% | |
| Physical Education | 76 | 11% | 36% | 59% |
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.