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West Hove Infant School

  • 5–7Ages
  • 506Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114428URN

Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.6 below Brighton and Hove median (3.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Brighton and Hove

323 applications for 121 places · 29th of 39 in Brighton and Hove
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 19 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Brighton and Hove median (3.2) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

323 applications · 121 places offered · 130 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 3.2
  2. 2025 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.4; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.0; 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 20261213232.71301.07
Sep 20251052382.3980.93
Sep 20241202682.21190.99
Sep 20231142722.41020.89
Sep 20221202752.31341.12
Sep 20211192782.31170.98
Sep 20201202562.11130.94
Sep 20191182552.21080.92
Sep 20181203042.51301.08
Sep 20171202862.41231.02
Sep 20161203252.71281.07
Sep 20151203422.91471.23
Sep 20141203593.01501.25

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
114428 · 846/2096
Capacity
540 pupils · 506 on roll
Free school meals
13.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

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