Secondary
Blatchington Mill School
Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7BW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1622 of 1650 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 128.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 1,629
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
62%
11 points above the Hove average (51% across 4 schools)
51.0
2.0 above the Hove average (49.0 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Hove we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 |
| Entered the EBacc | 56% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 61% |
| 24/25 | 62% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.04 |
| 22/23 | +0.03 |
| 23/24 | +0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.9 |
| 22/23 | 49.7 |
| 23/24 | 52.4 |
| 24/25 | 51.0 |
Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7BW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Brighton and Hove admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kate Claydon
- Address
- Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7BW
- Telephone
- 01273736244