Schools in Hove
Hove lies within the Brighton and Hove unitary authority and is served by 19 schools: 9 primaries and 4 secondaries. Secondary options include Blatchington Mill School, Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre, and Cardinal Newman Catholic School. Admissions are co-ordinated centrally by Brighton and Hove City Council, with both secondary and primary offers made on national offer days.
Seven of Hove's schools have a religious character, meaning faith criteria sit alongside proximity for oversubscription decisions. One school currently exceeds its published admission number. When places are tight at the most popular primaries - particularly those in Hove's west end - the last-distance offered can fall well under a mile, so checking your postcode against each school's catchment boundary before applying is strongly advised.
School demand in Hove
Across the 18 schools in Hove with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Hove have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
2 of the schools in Hove are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Brighton and Hove, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in Hove have a current Ofsted rating, of which 3 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Hove (9)
Goldstone Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hove · BN3 7JW
Hove Junior School
Primary · Community school
Hove · BN3 5JA
West Hove Infant School
Primary · Community school
Hove · BN3 5JA
Brunswick Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hove · BN3 1RP
Aldrington CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hove · BN3 7QD
St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hove · BN3 3YT
Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hove · BN3 6NB
West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Hove · BN3 8BN
Hangleton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Hove · BN3 8LF
Secondary Schools in Hove (4)
Blatchington Mill School
Secondary · Community school
Hove · BN3 7BW
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Community school
Hove · BN3 7BN
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Hove · BN3 6ND
King's School
Secondary · Free schools
Hove · BN3 8BN
Other Schools in Hove (6)
Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove
Not applicable · Other independent school
Hove · BN3 6LU
St Christopher's School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Hove · BN3 4AD
Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
All through · Further education
Hove · BN3 6EG
Drive Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Hove · BN3 6GE
The Lioncare School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Hove · BN3 5HD
The Montessori Place
Not applicable · Other independent school
Hove · BN3 3ER
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Hove are set by Brighton and Hove and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.