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Patcham High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Ladies Mile Road, Brighton BN1 8PB · patchamhigh.brighton-hove.sch.uk · 01273 503908
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Brighton and Hove 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,074
- 95% of 1,125 places
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- First language not English
- 6.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 145 families put the school first and 198 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 198 | 145 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 208 | 153 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 220 | 206 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 220 | 198 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 214 | 209 | 1 | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.5, and 45.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Brighton and Hove it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲61.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.33 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.9 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 59.7 | −6.8 |
| Further education | 19.9 | +4.6 |
| Other education | 2.3 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.1 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 2.7 | −1.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | +2.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | −0.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Patcham High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (207 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 207
- 19% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 46 parents (22%) with SEND