SF School Facts UK

Primary school in Hove, Brighton and Hove

Hove Junior School

Portland Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 5JA

School website 01273916609
Ofsted No grade June 2025
Met the expected standard 76% in the top quarter nationally
Pupils 671 87% full
Local deprivation 6/10 mid-range

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 17 June 2025.

This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
472 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

76% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

12% England 8.1%

Average reading score

109 England 105.3

Average maths score

107 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is in the top quarter of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
671
Places
768
How full
87% full — 671 of 768 places taken
Girls / boys
339 / 332
Overall absence
5%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
10%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
23%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
21%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
19%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
2

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
47

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
9
Busiest road nearby
U

11,390 vehicles a day (2009)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
13

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Aldrington Rail Station

0.6 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

6/10 Deprivation decile

Among around the middle for England.

7/10 Child poverty decile

Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£545,000

postcode sector BN3 5 · 405 sales

Typical range
£343,500 to £710,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£1,040,000
Semi-detached
£1,050,000
Terraced
£625,000
Flat
£308,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
55%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
9%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
22%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
13%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
58%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
65%

England 62.7%

Social housing
8%

England 17%

Privately rented
27%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
14%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
20%

England 22.5%

No car
24%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Brighton and Hove 016D and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Madeleine Southern
Register status
Open
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Ward
Westbourne & Poets' Corner
Constituency
Hove and Portslade
URN
114403

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
West Hove Infant SchoolCommunity school No overall grade — 0 mi
Goldstone Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 58% 0.5 mi
St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school No overall grade 61% 0.8 mi
Benfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2019 33% 0.8 mi
Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Report card 2026 48% 0.9 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 76% 1 mi
Hangleton Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 49% 1 mi
Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & HoveFree schools Report card 2026 68% 1 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 76%
Median of its 12 closest peers 65%
Brighton and Hove average 56.4%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Lessness Heath Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Belvedere Good 2023 59%
Tividale Hall Primary SchoolCommunity school Oldbury No overall grade 67%
Singlegate Primary SchoolCommunity school London Outstanding 2023 69%
Wyborne Primary SchoolCommunity school London Good 2022 53%
Ark Blacklands Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Hastings Outstanding 2023 85%
Hitherfield Primary SchoolCommunity school London No overall grade 64%
Moor Allerton Hall Primary SchoolCommunity school Select No overall grade 46%
Finberry Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Ashford Good 2024 80%
Lavender Primary SchoolAcademy converter Enfield No overall grade 65%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Coventry Good 2023 67%
Norwood Primary SchoolCommunity school Southport Good 2022 52%
Loughton SchoolAcademy converter Milton Keynes No overall grade 57%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 114403; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 17 June 2025
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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