The school is located over two sites in Hove: The Valley campus educates pupils aged 11 to 13 and 17-19 (academic years 7, 8 and sixth form), while the Nevill campus educates pupils aged 14 to 19 (academic years 9, 10 and 11).

Although the specialist schools programme has ended Hove Park School continues to specialise in languages, and offers courses in French, German, Spanish and Mandarin, as well as extra-curricular courses in Japanese and Arabic, as well as some more common languages.

The school also participates in the European Union funded Interreg IVa programme, which organises regular educational and cultural exchanges with pupils from Europe.

Moves by authorities in 2013–14 to convert the school into an academy were opposed by many parents and teachers,[1] campaigning as Hands Off Hove Park.

Only 40% of its GCSE students achieved a Grade 5 or above in Maths & English GCSEs - this figure is substantially lower than a number of other secondary schools in the local authority.