South East
Primary 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.
Primary schools in Brighton and Hove
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Gladwin Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 77% |
| Hove Junior SchoolCommunity school | Hove | No grade | 76% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | 76% |
| Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & HoveFree schools | Brighton and Hove | Good 2021 | 76% |
| Carlton Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | BRIGHTON | Good 2024 | 74% |
| Patcham Junior SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 72% |
| Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | Good 2023 | 72% |
| Balfour Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 71% |
| Bevendean Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 69% |
| St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | No grade | 68% |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | 66% |
| St Margaret's CofE Primary School, RottingdeanVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | 65% |
| Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hove | No grade | 63% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 63% |
| St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | 61% |
| Downs Junior SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 60% |
| Middle Street Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | 60% |
| St Luke's Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 60% |
| Stanford Junior SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | 60% |
| St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2024 | 60% |
| Westdene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 59% |
| St Nicolas CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2022 | 59% |
| Mile Oak Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | 58% |
| Goldstone Primary SchoolCommunity school | Hove | Good 2023 | 57% |
| Brunswick Primary SchoolCommunity school | Hove | Requires improvement 2024 | 57% |
| City Academy WhitehawkAcademy sponsor led | Brighton | Good 2024 | 57% |
| Brackenbury Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | 55% |
| West Blatchington Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Hove | No grade | 53% |
| Saltdean Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | 52% |
| Fairlight Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2024 | 51% |
| Hangleton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hove | Good 2024 | 51% |
| Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 50% |
| Benfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Brighton | Good 2019 | 50% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | Good 2024 | 48% |
| Coombe Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 47% |
| Coldean Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | 46% |
| Rudyard Kipling Primary School & NurseryCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | 46% |
| Moulsecoomb Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Brighton | No grade | 46% |
| Hertford Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | 44% |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | 40% |
| Elm Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2023 | 39% |
| St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brighton | No grade | 33% |
| Queen's Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Requires improvement 2023 | 30% |
| Downs Infant SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | No grade | — |
| Patcham Infant SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| Stanford Infant SchoolCommunity school | Brighton | Good 2022 | — |
| West Hove Infant SchoolCommunity school | Hove | No grade | — |
| Woodingdean Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Brighton | Good 2023 | — |