Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Brighton and Hove
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 30 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry120 applications · 32 places offered · 31 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.8; Brighton and Hove median median 3.2
- 2025 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2024 2.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2023 2.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2022 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2021 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2020 2.2; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2019 2.3; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
- 2018 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2017 1.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2016 2.0; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
- 2015 1.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
- 2014 1.2; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 32 | 120 | 3.8 | 31 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 39 | 87 | 2.2 | 35 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 99 | 2.5 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 74 | 2.7 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 45 | 99 | 2.2 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 92 | 2.3 | 37 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 48 | 104 | 2.2 | 41 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 37 | 85 | 2.3 | 33 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 47 | 99 | 2.1 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 58 | 102 | 1.8 | 44 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 | 44 | 86 | 2.0 | 39 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 56 | 86 | 1.5 | 37 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 72 | 1.2 | 36 | 0.60 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 64% · Maths 55% → all three 50% 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 | 50% | 5% | 105 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 1% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 58% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
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
- Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Brighton and HoveStandards maintained202472%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Brighton and HoveGood20221.8applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Brighton and HoveGood20222.0applications per place
- 1.8 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20254.4applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Brighton and HoveGood20233.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20243.1applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Brighton and Hove20264.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Brighton and HoveGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 59%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
- 131789 · 846/2001
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 359 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 1999
- Address
- County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources