Brighton Hill Community School
About Brighton Hill Community School
Brighton Hill Community School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, but the detail beneath that headline tells a more interesting story. Inspectors awarded the school Outstanding marks for both personal development and behaviour and attitudes, while leadership and management also received the top grade. This is a school that has clearly improved since its previous Good inspection in 2017, where those categories weren't individually rated. The most telling academic metric is Progress 8, which measures how much pupils improve between the end of primary school and their GCSEs. Brighton Hill's score of 0.01 means students achieve almost exactly what would be expected nationally, but that figure looks stronger when you consider the local picture: the average Progress 8 score across Hampshire secondary schools is -0.17, meaning pupils here are outperforming the typical LA school by a noticeable margin. The school ranks second out of seven schools in the Basingstoke and Deane area on this measure, placing it in the top third locally.
Key Details
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
26 Apr 2022Source: Ofsted, 15 Jun 2022. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
Facilities
9Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.
Extracurriculars
16Sports
Clubs & Activities
Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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