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Stanford Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 197Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114377URN

Highcroft Villas, Brighton, BN1 5PS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
close to Brighton and Hove median (3.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Brighton and Hove

191 applications for 58 places · 15th of 39 in Brighton and Hove
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 March 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
3.3applications per place, Reception
close to Brighton and Hove median (3.2) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

191 applications · 58 places offered · 49 named it first

  1. 2026 3.3; Brighton and Hove median median 3.2
  2. 2025 2.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.0; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  • 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 2026581913.3490.84
Sep 2025601752.9560.93
Sep 2024621843.0600.97
Sep 2023691922.8590.86
Sep 2022902032.3840.93
Sep 2021802142.7690.86
Sep 2020802242.8580.73
Sep 2019902402.7870.97
Sep 2018902072.3820.91
Sep 2017902242.5981.09
Sep 2016892723.1921.03
Sep 2015902823.1971.08
Sep 2014902853.21011.12

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
114377 · 846/2029
Capacity
498 pupils · 197 on roll
Free school meals
7.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Replaced
Stanford Junior School (URN 114376)
Address
Highcroft Villas, Brighton, BN1 5PS
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources