King's School

Term dates

We haven't checked Brighton and Hove's term dates yet. See the school's website.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 212 families put this school as their first choice, and 171 places were offered. 157 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 19 May 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Sixth form

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 22 March 2022. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Free school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–19

Pupils

925 (capacity 1050)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Chichester

Academy trust

RUSSELL EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01273840004

Address

Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN

Website

kingsschoolhove.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports