Longhill High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Longhill High School is a secondary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Falmer Road, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 632 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Longhill.”
- “They build warm relationships with staff.”
- “This helps them to develop an increasingly secure sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is not implemented consistently well.”
- “As a result, pupils do not learn some of the skills and knowledge they need.”
- “This means that, overall, pupils do not achieve as well as they should in national tests.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.9 | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 93 offers in total, 70 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Year 7 2018 to 2025, as Brighton and Hove published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Brighton and Hove.
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Varndean School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Dorothy Stringer School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Patcham High School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blatchington Mill School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King's School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade