Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove
Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove is an independent school in Hove for boys and girls aged 3 to 13. It has 262 pupils and room for 320.
The Droveway, Hove, BN3 6LU01273 503452Mrs Kirsty Keep head mistressAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Anglican school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Brighton and Hove council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 262 | 266 | 283 | 288 | 284 | 275 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 15% | 16% | 8% | 16% | 16% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 480 m | 436 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic School | Roman Catholic | 520 m | 2,657 | No overall grade 2024 | 80 | Compare |
| Stanford Primary School | Council | 690 m | 197 | Good 2022 | 57 | Compare |
| Windlesham School | Independent | 750 m | 128 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 890 m | 220 | Report card 2026 | 64 | Compare |
| The Montessori Place | Independent | 0.6 miles | 165 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | Further education | 0.6 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove | Free school | 0.7 miles | 614 | Report card 2026 | 49 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove yet.
How many pupils does Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove have?
262 pupils aged 3 to 13 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 320 places, so it is 82% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The Droveway, Hove, BN3 6LU
- Telephone
- 01273 503452
- Head Mistress
- Mrs Kirsty Keep
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-13, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Anglican
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward
- Westdene & Hove Park
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1936
- URN
- 114626 · LAESTAB 8466000 · UKPRN 10073568
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.