Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove

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In 2026, pupils at Cardinal Newman Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Brighton and Hove and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Brighton and Hove and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 50.4.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.56: pupils made well above 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 39.2, against 54.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 484 families put Cardinal Newman Catholic School as their first choice and 1191 named it as one of their preferences, for 346 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 146 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cardinal Newman Catholic School are Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 42); Dorothy Stringer School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); Blatchington Mill School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.5); and Varndean School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.7).

Cardinal Newman Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

366 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Cardinal Newman Catholic School (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 80% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (80%).

Of the 355 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 11% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 328 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 31% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 39% into work. 18% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 494 pupils (18.6%) received SEN support and 71 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Cardinal Newman Catholic School had 193 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Preston Park Rail Station, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cardinal Newman School, 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cardinal Newman Catholic School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 807 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Brighton and Hove (366), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cardinal Newman Catholic School issued 300 suspensions, 11.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cardinal Newman Catholic School are Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), Stanford Primary School (0.3 miles), Brunswick Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.