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Hill Park School

Foredown Road, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2FU

Special / SEND
Ages 4–16
Mixed

Overview

Hill Park School is a special / send school (community special school) in Brighton, South East, for pupils aged 4–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Community special school
Establishment group
Special schools
Age range
Ages 4–16
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Pupils on roll
283
URN
114687

Admissions

Local authority
Brighton and Hove

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Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

2024/25 results

This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.

Primary results 2024/25
MeasureSchool
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — meeting the expected standard0%
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — achieving a high score0%
Maths — meeting the expected standard0%
Maths — achieving a high score0%
Reading — meeting the expected standard0%
Reading — achieving a high score0%
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard0%
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard0%
Science — meeting the expected standard0%
Writing — meeting the expected standard0%
Writing — working at greater depth0%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 8 June 2022 · Published 20 July 2022

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding was effective
Yes
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

  • SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
  • VI - Visual Impairment
  • HI - Hearing Impairment
  • SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
  • ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
  • PD - Physical Disability
  • MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
  • SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
  • PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

Location

Address
Foredown Road, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2FU
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

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