Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children
Non-maintained special school · Ages 5–19 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children is a special school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 5–19. Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 April 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- Walpole Road, Brighton, BN2 0LS
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5–19
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 18 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely positive about Hamilton Lodge.”
- “They think that it is a friendly place where they feel safe.”
- “Poor behaviour does not interfere with their learning because staff have consistently high expectations, in and outside of the classroom.”
To improve
- “Leaders acknowledge that more work needs to be done to ensure that the curriculum is more closely sequenced between each phase of the school.”
- “However, the school’s careers programme in key stages 3 and 4 is not as effective as it is for older students.”
- “A small amount of negativity was expressed around the recent consultation and subsequent restructuring exercise that is currently under way.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Brighton and Hove.
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