Brighton College was named England's Independent School of the Year in 2019 by The Sunday Times.

Brighton College International Schools (BCIS) has subsequently opened campuses in Al Ain, Bangkok, Dubai and Singapore.

Brighton College led the legal fight to secure the charitable tax status currently enjoyed by all registered charities.

It is immediately to the east of the site of the former Kemptown railway station, across Sutherland Road.

Its principal buildings are in the gothic revival style by Sir George Gilbert Scott RA (flint with Caen stone dressings, 1848–66).

George Bell, Bishop of Chichester created the school grounds as an extra-parochial ecclesiastical district.

Placed outside the parish of St. Matthew's, Brighton, the school chapel holds an episcopal licence to perform weddings.

Under the stewardship of Head Master Richard Cairns, the school has added a series of buildings to the college campus: As of today, Brighton College has 7 sister schools world-wide, one each in London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hanoi, Bangkok, Singapore, and Al Ain.

The school has regularly made headlines for its pro-LGBT stance, emphasizing the right of all pupils to feel safe and supported.

The school is highly successful in preparing pupils for public examinations, as well as developing their breadth of knowledge and stimulating independent and enquiring minds.

… Pupils show unusually high levels of knowledge, understanding and academic skills, appropriate to their age and ability.

They are reflective, thoughtful and well behaved, possess a strong sense of right and wrong, and are conscious of the importance of social justice.

[37] In the 2024 A-level examinations Brighton College achieved 99.3% A*B, with 87% A*-A and almost half A*, the best results at any independent school in the UK that year.

[3] The college was selected to provide training ground for Japan during the course of Rugby World Cup 2015.

[49] Law was replaced by Ken Grocott, former Head of Geography at Brighton College, in September 2012.

[50] Brighton College went on to open affiliate schools in Bangkok in 2016,[51] in Singapore with Cognita in 2020,[52] and in Hanoi in 2023 in partnership with Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup.

[53] In 2023, the Prince's Gardens Preparatory School in London, UK was reopened as Brighton College Prep Kensington.