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Brighton and Hove City Council schools

All 81 schools in the Brighton and Hove area, from the school census. 53 are maintained by Brighton and Hove City Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Brighton and Hove school holidays.

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53 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolHove · Primary · 4–11 · 412 pupils
  • Balfour Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 695 pupils
  • Bevendean Primary School and NurseryBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 317 pupils
  • Blatchington Mill SchoolHove · Secondary · 11–16 · 1622 pupils
  • Brackenbury Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 5–11 · 185 pupils
  • Brunswick Primary SchoolHove · Primary · 4–11 · 586 pupils
  • Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 359 pupils
  • Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolHove · Secondary · 11–18 · 2657 pupils
  • Carlton Hill Primary SchoolBRIGHTON · Primary · 4–11 · 215 pupils
  • Central Hub BrightonBrighton · 5–16 · 114 pupils
  • Coldean Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 309 pupils
  • Coombe Road Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 192 pupils
  • Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolHove · Primary · 5–11 · 436 pupils
  • Dorothy Stringer SchoolBrighton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1626 pupils
  • Downs Infant SchoolBrighton · Primary · 5–7 · 289 pupils
  • Downs Junior SchoolBrighton · Primary · 7–11 · 495 pupils
  • Downs View Special SchoolBrighton · 3–19 · 224 pupils
  • Elm Grove Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 404 pupils
  • Fairlight Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 393 pupils
  • Goldstone Primary SchoolHove · Primary · 4–11 · 659 pupils
  • Hertford Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 205 pupils
  • Hill Park SchoolBrighton · 4–16 · 283 pupils
  • Hove Junior SchoolHove · Primary · 7–11 · 671 pupils
  • Hove Park School and Sixth Form CentreHove · Secondary · 11–18 · 941 pupils
  • Longhill High SchoolBrighton · Secondary · 11–16 · 632 pupils
  • Middle Street Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 141 pupils
  • Mile Oak Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 342 pupils
  • Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 210 pupils
  • Patcham High SchoolBrighton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1074 pupils
  • Patcham Infant SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–7 · 272 pupils
  • Patcham Junior SchoolBrighton · Primary · 7–11 · 353 pupils
  • Peter Gladwin Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 195 pupils
  • Queen's Park Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 286 pupils
  • Royal Spa Nursery SchoolBrighton · Nursery · 2–5 · 85 pupils
  • Rudyard Kipling Primary School & NurseryBrighton · Primary · 2–11 · 312 pupils
  • Saltdean Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 533 pupils
  • St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolHove · Primary · 4–11 · 648 pupils
  • St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 220 pupils
  • St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 193 pupils
  • St Luke's Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 622 pupils
  • St Margaret's CofE Primary School, RottingdeanBrighton · Primary · 5–11 · 172 pupils
  • St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 156 pupils
  • St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 212 pupils
  • St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 193 pupils
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 208 pupils
  • St Nicolas CofE Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 416 pupils
  • St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 151 pupils
  • Stanford Infant SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–7 · 197 pupils
  • Stanford Junior SchoolBrighton · Primary · 7–11 · 292 pupils
  • Tarnerland Nursery SchoolBrighton · Nursery · 2–5 · 87 pupils
  • Varndean SchoolBrighton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1487 pupils
  • West Hove Infant SchoolHove · Primary · 5–7 · 506 pupils
  • Westdene Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 445 pupils

Sets its own term dates

28 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Benfield Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11 · 209 pupils
  • Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & HoveBrighton and Hove · Primary · 4–11 · 614 pupils
  • Brighton Aldridge Community AcademyBrighton · Secondary · 11–19 · 808 pupils
  • Brighton and Hove Clinic School · 11–19 · 9 pupils
  • Brighton CollegeBrighton · 11–19 · 1450 pupils
  • Brighton College Prep SchoolBrighton · 3–12 · 370 pupils
  • Brighton Girls GDST · 3–18 · 405 pupils
  • Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form CollegeHove · 16 plus · 16–19
  • City Academy WhitehawkBrighton · Primary · 2–11 · 323 pupils
  • Downs View Life Skills CollegeBrighton · 19–25
  • Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf ChildrenBrighton · 5–19 · 18 pupils
  • Hangleton Primary SchoolHove · Primary · 4–11 · 353 pupils
  • King's SchoolHove · Secondary · 11–19 · 925 pupils
  • Kings BrightonBrighton · 14–19 · 79 pupils
  • Lancing College Preparatory School At HoveHove · 3–13 · 262 pupils
  • Moulsecoomb Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 3–11 · 205 pupils
  • Oxford International College, BrightonBrighton · 13–19 · 158 pupils
  • Portslade Aldridge Community AcademyBrighton · Secondary · 11–16 · 910 pupils
  • Roedean SchoolBrighton · 11–18 · 519 pupils
  • St Christopher's SchoolHove · 4–13 · 200 pupils
  • St. John's College (Brighton)Brighton · 16–25
  • Team DomenicaBrighton · 18–25
  • The Lioncare SchoolHove · 6–16 · 13 pupils
  • The Montessori PlaceHove · 1–19 · 165 pupils
  • Varndean CollegeBrighton · 16 plus · 16–99
  • West Blatchington Primary and Nursery SchoolHove · Primary · 3–11 · 216 pupils
  • Windlesham School · 2–11 · 128 pupils
  • Woodingdean Primary SchoolBrighton · Primary · 4–11

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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Brighton and Hove City Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.