King's School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Hove, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
3.79 miles
Published by the school · offers on 3 March 2025
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2025 (miles)
King's School is a secondary school in Hove, Brighton and Hove for ages 11–19 (free schools). The school has published a last distance offered on its own website for Year 7 2024 to 2025 entry.
King's 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 | 3.79 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 3.47 mi |
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 212 first-choice applications for 171 offers; 157 offers went to first-choice families and 55 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 3.79 miles from the school, about the same as in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 59% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Brighton and Hove.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 925 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy their time at King’s.”
- “They thrive in this school and are proud to attend.”
- “Pupils are well known and well cared for by staff, with whom they have very positive relationships.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue to embed their work to improve the quality of teaching by ensuring that teachers consistently check how well pupils have understood new learning so that, as on the vast majority of occasions, any misconceptions are swiftly identified and addressed.”
- “Leaders should continue work to support greater student achievement in the sixth form so that it matches that in the rest of the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 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) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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: 212 first-preference applications, 171 offers in total, 157 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 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dorothy Stringer School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Patcham High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Varndean School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published