Varndean School

Balfour Road, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, BN1 6NP

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About this school

Varndean School is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. The school has 1,497 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 5 October 2022). Last inspected 5 October 2022. The Headteacher is Shelley Baker. The school is administered by Brighton and Hove local authority.

School details

Headteacher

Shelley Baker

Local authority

Brighton and Hove

Gender

Mixed

URN

114579

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Varndean School are handled by the school or the local authority (Brighton and Hove). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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