Blatchington Mill School
Community school · 1,622 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Community special school
Downs View Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 224of 223 places
- Free school meals
- 60.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 17
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 18 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 20 pupils who finished Year 11 at Downs View Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Downs View Special School’s own sixth form (Brighton and Hove average 13%), 40% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Downs View Special School | Brighton and Hove | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 20 | 2,405 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 55% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 55% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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
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
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.