Brighton College
Other independent school · Mixed · Brighton and Hove
Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,450
Capacity used
Has space91%
1,600 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Steve Marshall-Taylor
- Address
- Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL
- Phone
- 01273704200
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward / constituency
- Queen's Park · Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114614
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
1,450 pupils · 1,600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 66.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.36 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 53.31 | — | — |
Average grade: A+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.03 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 217 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 53.27 | 35 |
| Average grade | A+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 70.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 239 | — |
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 Literature | 214 | 97% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 148 | 99% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 147 | 99% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 147 | 99% | 100% | 100% | |
| History | 126 | 99% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 122 | 98% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 86 | 99% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 75 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 68 | 93% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 57 | 93% | 98% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 50 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 45 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 143 | 58% | 97% | 99% | |
| Economics | 93 | 43% | 94% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 65 | 58% | 89% | 97% | |
| History | 63 | 30% | 76% | 100% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 58 | 52% | 86% | 98% | |
| Biology | 55 | 49% | 87% | 96% | |
| Physics | 55 | 45% | 85% | 93% | |
| English Literature | 47 | 68% | 91% | 98% | |
| Government and Politics | 35 | 31% | 69% | 97% | |
| Psychology | 28 | 50% | 68% | 96% | |
| Geography | 25 | 56% | 76% | 100% | |
| Business Studies | 25 | 56% | 72% | 96% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #6 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12981: Brighton College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 73 |
| Offers | 28 |
| Success rate | 38% |
| Accepted offers | 26 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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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.