Brighton Hill Community School, Basingstoke

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Brighton Hill Community School on 6 areas: 4 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders' work to ensure that pupils attend regularly and often has had a considerable positive impact."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders' commitment to inclusion is central to the decisions they make."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Trust and school leaders are deeply reflective and model the high expectations and professionalism they require from staff."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders' ambition that pupils can achieve their dreams and make success inevitable underpins the school's well-crafted personal development programme."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, typically achieve well and this is reflected in their academic attainment at the end of key stage 4."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have crafted coherent, well sequenced curriculums in many subjects."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their work to improve the quality of teaching in all subjects and support all pupils, including those with barriers to their learning, to achieve consistently well".

In its own words: "Welcome to Brighton Hill Community School, a vibrant and inclusive secondary school located in the heart of Basingstoke, Hampshire. Our school is dedicated to fostering a supportive and dynamic learning environment where every student is encouraged to achieve their full potential, and that leads to our core ethos of making success inevitable ."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I've been fortunate enough to be the Headteacher of this extraordinary school since January 2017, during which time, we have achieved some incredible things, not least growing the school from 502 students on roll to the 1285 we have today. Each and every one of these students brings something special to this school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, tennis, basketball, badminton, dance, drama, choir and orchestra.

The school runs a breakfast club.

Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 3.30pm, an admissions event on Monday 1 February 2027, an admissions event on Wednesday 3 February 2027 at 3.30pm and an admissions event on Thursday 8 July 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Brighton Hill Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

45% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.3, against 46.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 240 families put Brighton Hill Community School as their first choice and 479 named it as one of their preferences, for 242 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 25 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Brighton Hill Community School are The Blue Coat School Basingstoke (0.5 miles, Attainment 8 35.2); Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.1); Cranbourne (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and The Costello School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).

Brighton Hill Community School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Brighton Hill Community School is one of 13 schools run by South Farnham Educational Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 235 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

10% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Basingstoke Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brighton Hill Centre (opposite), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 205 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Brighton Hill Community School issued 45 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Brighton Hill Community School are Chalk Ridge Primary School (0.4 miles), Manor Field Infant School (0.5 miles), Manor Field Junior School (0.5 miles) and St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.