Brighton College

Everything we do at Brighton College can be traced back to the desire to create a climate where pupils are happy.

That's why we encourage young people to follow their curiosity and explore all aspects of school life. Our teachers inspire excellence in the classroom, our co-curricular activities enable pupils to immerse themselves in the arts and in a huge variety of sports and our social enrichment programme helps bring meaningful change to the world around us.

If you were to ask current parents why they chose Brighton College for their son or daughter, they would tell you the children here are cheerful, balanced, at ease with themselves and each other - yet excited and enthused by the challenges before them. They might add that the College succeeds in combining academic excellence with a wealth of co-curricular opportunities, all underpinned by a deep commitment to the individual needs and enthusiasms of each child.

At Brighton College, we focus first on the thing that matters most – personal happiness.

We know young people flourish when they are treated with love, kindness and respect. So we celebrate the uniqueness of every individual, whether that person be shy or confident, sporty, scholarly or both. We want pupils to be true to themselves, happy in their own skins and kind to one another. As The Sunday Times commented in 2019: ‘The currency at Brighton is kindness, pure and simple’.

Everyone’s life can be transformed by an inspirational teacher. And here at Brighton we have inspirational teachers in abundance. Ask any pupil when you visit what makes Brighton special and one of the first things they will say is ‘our amazing teachers’. Their passion, commitment and kindness explains why Brighton College is now one of the highest performing schools in the world.

We believe that educational practices need to evolve. To enable this, our facilities have been designed to be more than functional: they use space, light and resources to inspire both teachers and pupils. Our buildings have won numerous architectural awards for their innovative designs and help make Brighton College the most forward-thinking school in Britain.

We focus on creating an environment of kindness and inclusivity, where everyone looks out for one another, to enable pupils to flourish personally, academically and spiritually.

There are no stereotypes here – there is no Brighton ‘type’. We enjoy admitting all types of individual – and we strive to turn out pupils who are kind, confident and curious.

Our aims:

Brighton College seeks to impart or provide:

• A love of learning for its own sake;
• A foundation of knowledge and body of skills with which to understand and question the world we live in and to prepare us, through an innovative approach to education, for the world we are likely to inhabit in the future;
• An awareness of, and appreciation of, the spiritual dimension in our lives;
• An enthusiasm for the world beyond the classroom - in particular, sport, music and the performing arts;
• A respect for difference in others and a recognition that the efforts and achievements of every individual in our community are valued equally;
• An awareness of the needs of others, and a firm belief that - whatever our age - we can make a difference, locally and globally, right now.

In short, we strive to turn out well-educated, tolerant and intellectually curious young adults who are ready to take a full, active and positive rôle in the life of our country and of our world.