Primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Woodingdean Primary School
Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 6BB
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 420
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Brighton and Hove 017A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 28%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 25%
- Households owning their home
- 52%
- Households in social housing
- 32%
- Households with no car
- 25%
- Adults economically inactive
- 40%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Gemma Chumnansin
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward
- Woodingdean
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- URN
- 152424
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Kipling Primary School & NurseryCommunity school | Good 2022 | 46% | 0.7 mi |
| Bevendean Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | No grade | 69% | 1 mi |
| City Academy WhitehawkAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 57% | 1.4 mi |
| St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 33% | 1.7 mi |
| Coombe Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 47% | 1.7 mi |
| Moulsecoomb Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 46% | 1.7 mi |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 40% | 1.8 mi |
| Elm Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 39% | 1.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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