Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Brighton and Hove
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 1 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 14 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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 entry193 applications · 59 places offered · 54 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Brighton and Hove median median 3.2
- 2025 2.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2024 2.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2023 2.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2022 2.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2021 2.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2020 3.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2019 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2018 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2017 2.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2016 2.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2015 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2014 2.8; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 59 | 193 | 3.3 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 156 | 2.6 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 173 | 2.9 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2023 | 53 | 140 | 2.6 | 52 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 158 | 2.6 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 168 | 2.8 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 196 | 3.3 | 77 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 205 | 2.3 | 102 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 78 | 169 | 2.2 | 77 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 224 | 2.5 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 89 | 209 | 2.4 | 85 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 242 | 2.7 | 109 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 89 | 245 | 2.8 | 113 | 1.27 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 70% · Maths 73% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Brighton and Hove median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 59% | 5% | 106 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 10% | 107 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 70% | 14% | 107 | 106 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Westdene Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Brighton and HoveGood20222.0applications per place
- 1.4 km · Brighton and HoveStandards maintained202472%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Brighton and Hove20264.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Brighton and Hove20262.9applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Brighton and Hove20262.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Brighton and HoveGood20233.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Brighton and HoveNot yet inspected4.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Brighton and Hove20263.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 114380 · 846/2036
- Capacity
- 500 pupils · 445 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Bankside, Westdene, Brighton, BN1 5GN
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources