Brighton and Hove
Hill Park School
Dependable results for a comprehensive intake; the journey is the main thing to weigh.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
Pupils made below-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The confidence interval is entirely below zero.
- -1.94
- Progress 8
- [-2.52, -1.36]
- Confidence interval
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Watch-outs
- Small cohort (26 pupils in the latest results year). Figures may be less reliable and some data may be suppressed.
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Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25 or 2025/26)
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | 7+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 (provisional) | 26 | 2.9 | — | 3.8% | 0.0% | — | — |
| 2024/2025 | 36 | 3.4 | — | 2.8% | — | 0.0% | 0.2 |
| 2023/2024 | 26 | 0.5 | -1.94 | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 2022/2023 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021/2022 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Brighton and Hove for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 114687 |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| Region | South East |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Community special school |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 4-16 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Rachel Burstow |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Not applicable |
| Religious character | Does not apply |
| Postcode | BN41 2FU |
| Pupils | 264 |
| FSM eligible | 43.7% |
Contact and identifiers
Foredown Road, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2FU
https://hillpark-brighton-hove.secure-dbprimary.com1273422855| DfE number | 7018 |
| UKPRN | 10015757 |
| Opened | — |
| GIAS updated | 5 Feb 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2025/2026 |
| Latest KS2 year | 2024/2025 |
| Ofsted published | 20 Jul 2022 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 8 Jun 2022 |
| Publication date | 20 Jul 2022 |