Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 808 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.2
Community school
Blatchington Mill School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,622of 1,650 places
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 328
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 23 February 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Blatchington Mill School has no sixth form. Of the 325 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 70% moved to a sixth form college, 14% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 70% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.0 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 | Blatchington Mill School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 325 | 2,405 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 70% | 55% | 13% |
| — further education college | 14% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Blatchington Mill School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.0 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 56% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 | 4.24 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.4 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.1 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 | 320 | 98% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 83% |
| Mathematics | 319 | 97% | 88% | 27% | 22% | 83% |
| English Literature | 313 | 95% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 87% |
| Combined Science | 236 | 72% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 71% |
| Spanish | 190 | 58% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 67% |
| History | 144 | 44% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 74% |
| Physics | 78 | 24% | 23% | 49% | 46% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 78 | 24% | 23% | 51% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 77 | 23% | 23% | 51% | 45% | 94% |
| Statistics | 76 | 23% | 5% | 59% | 20% | 99% |
| Physical Education | 76 | 23% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 59% |
| Sociology | 74 | 23% | 4% | 24% | 21% | 76% |
| Geography | 73 | 22% | 41% | 37% | 25% | 85% |
| Design and Technology | 65 | 20% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 68% |
| Media Studies | 64 | 20% | 4% | 20% | 20% | 70% |
| French | 59 | 18% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 71% |
| Photography | 58 | 18% | 6% | 17% | 19% | 72% |
| Computer Science | 55 | 17% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 82% |
| Art and Design | 48 | 15% | 7% | 40% | 24% | 94% |
| Drama | 41 | 13% | 7% | 12% | 27% | 93% |
| Music | 21 | 6% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 86% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 17 | 5% | 8% | 12% | 21% | 71% |
| Textiles | 16 | 5% | 2% | 31% | 27% | 100% |
| Latin | 13 | 4% | 1% | 15% | 74% | 38% |
| Dance | 11 | 3% | 1% | 55% | 27% | 91% |
| Arabic | 7 | 2% | 1% | 86% | 47% | 86% |
| Portuguese | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Tourism | 13 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 2,657 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Dorothy Stringer School
Community school · 1,626 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.3
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.