Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
About the school
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is an open secondary school in Brighton and Hove.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 27 January 2026
- Published
- 22 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
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
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 41.1
- Brighton and Hove
- 46.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Brighton and Hove
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 34.70%
- Brighton and Hove
- 47.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 54.90%
- Brighton and Hove
- 66.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 64.70%
- Brighton and Hove
- 52.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.76
- Brighton and Hove
- 4.24
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- Suppressed
Average A-level points
- School
- Suppressed
AAB or better
- School
- Suppressed
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
948
Girls
47.68%
Boys
52.32%
SEN support
21.41%
Education, health and care plan
8.54%
English as an additional language
25.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
36.52%
Overall absence
13.62
Persistent absence
38.51
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
224
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
91%
Apprenticeship
Less than 0.5%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
7%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
31
Sustained education or employment
45%
Higher education
10%
Further education
6%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
23%