Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Hove, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Brighton & Hove City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Hove, Brighton and Hove for ages 11–18 (community school). Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2025 entry.
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 92 first-choice applications for 135 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 10 Brighton and Hove secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 43 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41.1 (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
- Nevill Road, Hove, BN3 7BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 941 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils play an important and active role in this inclusive school community.”
- “They know staff listen to them and value their contributions.”
- “Pupils feel confident celebrating their own culture and the cultures of others, for example through the popular school food festivals.”
To improve
- “Despite this, persistent absence remains too high, which means some pupils miss important time in school.”
- “Many pupils arrive with gaps in the essential knowledge they rely on for later work.”
- “However, results in several areas were below national averages in 2025.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 March 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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.1 | 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: 92 first-preference applications, 135 offers in total, 92 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.
- Blatchington Mill School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King's School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dorothy Stringer School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Varndean School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Patcham High School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published