Dorothy Stringer School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
Not published
From Brighton & Hove City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Dorothy Stringer School is a secondary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2025 entry.
Dorothy Stringer School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
| Year 7 2018 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 290 first-choice applications for 319 offers, with 253 offers going to first-choice families and 37 first-choice families not offered a place.
- Its 0.9 first choices per offer for Year 7 in 2026 was the 4th highest of 10 Brighton and Hove secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 53.3 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Brighton and Hove schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 1,626 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Staff are ambitious for all pupils and have carefully considered appropriate ways to support them to flourish.”
- “They are dedicated to inclusivity and aim to reduce the barriers that can prevent pupils from achieving well.”
- “Increasing numbers of pupils are entered for the English Baccalaureate each year, and outcomes for all pupils continue to improve.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils are less confident that swift action is taken to address disrespectful behaviour.”
- “Despite these strengths, the implementation of the curriculum is not yet consistent across all subjects.”
- “This means that on a small number of occasions, pupils’ engagement in learning is not yet meeting leaders’ high expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 62% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 290 first-preference applications, 319 offers in total, 253 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Brighton and Hove.
- Varndean School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Patcham High School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blatchington Mill School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published