Blatchington Mill School, Hove

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Blatchington Mill School

Nevill Avenue, Hove BN3 7BW

https://www.blatchingtonmill.org.uk/

Blatchington Mill School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Brighton and Hove). It has about 1,620 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In February 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Environment, Attainment, Destinations and Representation. Relative weaknesses include Finances.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.4		Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
0.6		King's School
1.2		Cardinal Newman Catholic School
1.8		Dorothy Stringer School
1.9		Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
2.1		Varndean School
2.1		Patcham High School
2.9		Shoreham Academy
4.2		Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
5.4		Longhill High School
5.7		Downlands Community School
6.5		The Sir Robert Woodard Academy

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Environment: Above average. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all quite low.

Attainment: Above average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite high.

Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is in balance with the local community.

Progress: About average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate is quite high and the offer rate is roughly average. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is below average. Destinations at 16 are about average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Attendance: About average. Pupil absence rates are quite high and the incidence of persistent absence is roughly average.

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

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