Blatchington Mill School
Community school · 1,622 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Community school
Dorothy Stringer School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,626of 1,650 places
- Free school meals
- 26.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 330
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Dorothy Stringer School has no sixth form. Of the 329 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 78% moved to a sixth form college, 12% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 78% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Brighton and Hove, with 62% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Brighton and Hove and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dorothy Stringer School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 329 | 2,405 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 78% | 55% | 13% |
| — further education college | 12% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dorothy Stringer School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 53.3 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 76% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.07 | 4.24 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.2 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 57.1 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 326 | 99% | 89% | 29% | 20% | 81% |
| Mathematics | 326 | 99% | 88% | 31% | 22% | 84% |
| English Literature | 314 | 95% | 86% | 29% | 21% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 243 | 74% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 72% |
| Spanish | 187 | 57% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 79% |
| History | 177 | 54% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 128 | 39% | 41% | 38% | 25% | 79% |
| Statistics | 79 | 24% | 5% | 80% | 20% | 99% |
| Physics | 78 | 24% | 23% | 74% | 46% | 99% |
| Psychology | 78 | 24% | 3% | 27% | 22% | 86% |
| Biology | 77 | 23% | 23% | 77% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 77 | 23% | 23% | 74% | 47% | 99% |
| French | 75 | 23% | 18% | 40% | 29% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 51 | 15% | 9% | 41% | 28% | 86% |
| Business Studies | 49 | 15% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 73% |
| Photography | 47 | 14% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 60% |
| Drama | 46 | 14% | 7% | 26% | 27% | 78% |
| Physical Education | 45 | 14% | 11% | 24% | 24% | 82% |
| Sociology | 28 | 8% | 4% | 43% | 21% | 93% |
| Film Studies | 27 | 8% | 1% | 59% | 20% | 93% |
| Design and Technology | 26 | 8% | 11% | 27% | 23% | 65% |
| Dance | 25 | 8% | 1% | 36% | 27% | 92% |
| Graphic Communication | 24 | 7% | 1% | 38% | 23% | 83% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 7% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 79% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 17 | 5% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 35% |
| Music | 14 | 4% | 5% | 43% | 33% | 86% |
| Textiles | 13 | 4% | 2% | 31% | 27% | 85% |
| Latin | 7 | 2% | 1% | 71% | 74% | 86% |
| Arabic | 4 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 32 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 16 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 808 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.2
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 2,657 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Community school · sixth form · 941 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.1
King's School
Free schools · sixth form · 925 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Longhill High School
Community school · 632 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.