Dorothy Stringer School
State · Year 7–Year 11 · 1,626 pupils
Varndean School
Balfour Road, Brighton BN1 6NP
Year groups
Year 7–Year 11
Secondary
Pupils
1,487
On roll
Ages
11–16
Capacity 1,500
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
South East
Schola Grade 6
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Varndean School
Varndean School is a state secondary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, for pupils aged 11–16 (Year 7–Year 11).
It has 1,487 pupils on roll and room for 1,500. Its Schola Grade is 6 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- State School · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 11
- Ages
- 11–16
- Official type
- Community school
- Pupils on roll
- 1,487
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils
- Free school meals
- 23.00% of pupils eligible
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 114579
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