St Christopher's School
St Christopher's School is an independent school in Hove for boys and girls aged 4 to 13. It has 200 pupils and room for 320.
33 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4AD01273 735404stchristophershove.org.ukMs Tamsin Hoyles headteacherAll 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 Church of England 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 | 200 | 237 | 271 | 286 | 291 | 284 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 20% | 21% | 25% | 24% | 20% |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove Clinic School | Independent | 240 m | 9 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School | Church of England | 620 m | 648 | Not inspected | 63 | Compare |
| West Hove Infant School | Council | 750 m | 506 | No overall grade 2024 | 95 | Compare |
| Hove Junior School | Council | 750 m | 671 | No overall grade 2025 | 95 | Compare |
| The Lioncare School | Independent | 780 m | 13 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre | Council | 0.8 miles | 941 | Report card 2026 | 18 | Compare |
| The Montessori Place | Independent | 0.9 miles | 165 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Goldstone Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 659 | Good 2023 | 48 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Christopher's School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Christopher's School yet.
How many pupils does St Christopher's School have?
200 pupils aged 4 to 13 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 320 places, so it is 63% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 33 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4AD
- Telephone
- 01273 735404
- Website
- www.stchristophershove.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Tamsin Hoyles
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 4-13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward
- Westbourne & Poets' Corner
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 28 October 1957
- URN
- 114639 · LAESTAB 8466011 · UKPRN 10016620
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.