Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre

State-Funded School

hove-park-school-and-sixth-form-centre-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Hove and PortsladeConstituency

BN3 7BNPostcode

2.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 941 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 22 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 41.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 34.7%
EBacc average point score: 3.76

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

941

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 941
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 9 December 2021. 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
4 Mar 2013	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.