Longhill High School
About the school
Longhill High School 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
- 19 March 2024
- Published
- 13 May 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 32.9
- 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
- 22.20%
- Brighton and Hove
- 47.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 40.10%
- Brighton and Hove
- 66.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 26.50%
- Brighton and Hove
- 52.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.83
- Brighton and Hove
- 4.24
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
723
Girls
47.30%
Boys
52.70%
SEN support
25.03%
Education, health and care plan
3.46%
English as an additional language
7.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
44.26%
Overall absence
16.82
Persistent absence
47.98
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
164
Sustained education or employment
88%
Education
82%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
7%