List of former board schools in Brighton and Hove

Download coordinates as: Between 1870 and the early 20th century, "a distinguished group of board schools"[1] were built in the area covered by the present city of Brighton and Hove on the south coast of England.

c. 75) was passed; this empowered local councils to form school boards with elected members and funded by rates.

[4] Many of the schools were large buildings of "excellent" architectural quality, situated in rapidly expanding suburban areas such as Round Hill, Queen's Park and Prestonville.

[3] When the Brighton School Board was founded in 1870, it took over two schoolrooms based in Nonconformist chapels in inner suburban areas.

One was at the London Road Chapel (50°49′49″N 0°08′14″W / 50.8303°N 0.1371°W / 50.8303; -0.1371) on Belmont Street,[3] which dated from 1830 and which was used by the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion until 1881, after which it adopted a Congregational character.

The "handsome structure of red brick"[40] had above its entrance a distinctive sculpture of a boy with an open book on his knees.

Following a final name change to the Mile Oak Community Home in 1971, the institution closed on 31 August 1977 and the site was cleared for housing.