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Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre: data, trends and context

Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Brighton and Hove. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
114607
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Community school
Status
Open
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Region
South East
Postcode
BN3 7BN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
941
FSM eligible
36.7%
EAL / First language other than English
26.9%
SEND (total)
34.3%
SEN Support
24.9%
EHCP
9.5%
White British
64.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
86.4%
Overall absence
13.6%
Persistent absence
38.5%
Severe absence
7.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Brighton and HoveLocal authority89.3%10.7%3.7%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
31.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
41.1
English & maths grade 5+
34.7%
English & maths grade 4+
54.9%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Brighton and Hove. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.