Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children

State-Funded School

hamilton-lodge-school-and-college-for-deaf-children-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton Kemptown and PeacehavenConstituency

BN2 0LSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 18 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

17%

Pupils

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

50%

England average

27%

First language not English

100%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 18
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
6 Sept 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.