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Patcham Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 272Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114373URN

Highview Avenue South, Brighton, BN1 8WW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
1.2 below Brighton and Hove median (3.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Brighton and Hove

170 applications for 85 places · 34th of 39 in Brighton and Hove
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
1.2 below Brighton and Hove median (3.2) close to England median (2.2)

170 applications · 85 places offered · 77 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Brighton and Hove median median 3.2
  2. 2025 1.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.0; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Brighton and Hove median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Brighton and Hove median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026851702.0770.91
Sep 2025841551.9710.85
Sep 2024791662.1700.89
Sep 2023771602.1760.99
Sep 2022891872.1870.98
Sep 2021891812.0830.93
Sep 2020892032.31001.12
Sep 2019832002.4790.95
Sep 2018761712.3761.00
Sep 2017902302.61161.29
Sep 2016891882.1860.97
Sep 2015902052.3971.08
Sep 2014901892.1981.09

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
114373 · 846/2022
Capacity
320 pupils · 272 on roll
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Highview Avenue South, Brighton, BN1 8WW
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources