South East
Schools in Brighton and Hove
77 schools, 33,154 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.
Ofsted across Brighton and Hove
Good31
Requires improvement3
Outstanding2
No overall grade41
36 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 41 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
All schools in Brighton and Hove
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | No grade | — |
| Balfour Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |
| Benfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Brighton | Good 2019 | — |
| Bevendean Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & HoveFree schools | Brighton and Hove | Good 2021 | — |
| Blatchington Mill SchoolCommunity school | Hove | Good 2022 | 51 |
| Brackenbury Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Brighton Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Brighton | No grade | 36.2 |
| Brighton CollegeOther independent school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Brighton College Prep SchoolOther independent school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Brighton Girls GDSTOther independent school | Brighton and Hove | No grade | — |
| Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form CollegeFurther education | Hove | No grade | — |
| Brighton and Hove Clinic SchoolOther independent special school | Brighton and Hove | No grade | — |
| Brunswick Primary SchoolCommunity school | Hove | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | No grade | 50.4 |
| Carlton Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | BRIGHTON | Good 2024 | — |
| City Academy WhitehawkAcademy sponsor led | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| Coldean Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Coombe Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |
| Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | Good 2023 | — |
| Dorothy Stringer SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 53.3 |
| Downs Infant SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Downs Junior SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |
| Downs View Special SchoolCommunity special school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Elm Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |
| Fairlight Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| Goldstone Primary SchoolCommunity school | Hove | Good 2023 | — |
| Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf ChildrenNon-maintained special school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Hangleton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hove | Good 2024 | — |
| Hertford Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Hill Park SchoolCommunity special school | Brighton | Outstanding 2022 | — |
| Hove Junior SchoolCommunity school | Hove | No grade | — |
| Hove Park School and Sixth Form CentreCommunity school | Hove | No grade | 41.1 |
| King's SchoolFree schools | Hove | Good 2022 | 53.7 |
| Kings BrightonOther independent school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Lancing College Preparatory School At HoveOther independent school | Hove | No grade | — |
| Longhill High SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Requires improvement 2024 | 32.9 |
| Middle Street Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| Mile Oak Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Moulsecoomb Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| Oxford International College, BrightonOther independent school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Patcham High SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 45.5 |
| Patcham Infant SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Patcham Junior SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Peter Gladwin Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Portslade Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Brighton | No grade | 42.7 |
| Queen's Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Roedean SchoolOther independent school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Royal Spa Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school | Brighton | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Rudyard Kipling Primary School & NurseryCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Saltdean Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | No grade | — |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| St Christopher's SchoolOther independent school | Hove | No grade | — |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| St Luke's Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| St Margaret's CofE Primary School, RottingdeanVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |
| St Nicolas CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Stanford Infant SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Stanford Junior SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | — |
| Tarnerland Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| The Lioncare SchoolOther independent special school | Hove | No grade | — |
| The Montessori PlaceOther independent school | Hove | No grade | — |
| Varndean CollegeFurther education | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Varndean SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | 48.8 |
| West Blatchington Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Hove | No grade | — |
| West Hove Infant SchoolCommunity school | Hove | No grade | — |
| Westdene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Windlesham SchoolOther independent school | Brighton and Hove | No grade | — |
| Woodingdean Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |