SchoolScoresSchools in Brighton
All 56 schools in Brighton: 39 state primary schools, 6 state secondary schools, 2 special schools and 8 independent schools, with Ofsted inspections, results and admissions dates.
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Council admissions: Brighton and Hove, West Sussex.
Primary schools (39) · Secondary schools (6) · Special schools (2) · Independent schools (8) · Alternative provision (1)
Primary schools
39 schools.
- Balfour Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Benfield Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2019 · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Brackenbury Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
- Carden Nursery and Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 5 expected, 1 needs attention · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Carlton Hill Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- City Academy Whitehawk Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Coldean Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 46% met expected standard (KS2)
- Coombe Road Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · 47% met expected standard (KS2)
- Downs Infant School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024)
- Downs Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Eastbrook Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Elm Grove Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 39% met expected standard (KS2)
- Fairlight Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed, may be improving 2024 · 51% met expected standard (KS2)
- Glebe Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 40% met expected standard (KS2)
- Hertford Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 44% met expected standard (KS2)
- Middle Street Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Mile Oak Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 58% met expected standard (KS2)
- Moulsecoomb Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 46% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 48% met expected standard (KS2)
- Patcham Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Patcham Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Peter Gladwin Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Queen's Park Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023) · 30% met expected standard (KS2)
- Rudyard Kipling Primary School and Nursery Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2022 · 46% met expected standard (KS2)
- Saltdean Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 40% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Luke's Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2025 · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mark's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 33% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2025 · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed, may be improving 2023 · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Nicolas CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stanford Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Westdene Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woodingdean Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
6 schools.
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 23% grade 5+ English and maths
- Dorothy Stringer School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 62% grade 5+ English and maths
- Longhill High School Community school · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 22% grade 5+ English and maths
- Patcham High School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 45% grade 5+ English and maths
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 4 expected, 1 needs attention · 43% grade 5+ English and maths
- Varndean School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 56% grade 5+ English and maths
Special schools
2 schools.
- Downs View Special School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2012), confirmed 2025
- Hill Park School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 3% grade 5+ English and maths
Independent schools
8 schools.
- Brighton College Independent, inspected by ISI · 86% A*/A at A level
- Brighton College Prep School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Brighton Girls GDST Independent, inspected by ISI · 29% A*/A at A level
- Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children Independent · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2025
- Kings Brighton Independent, inspected by ISI · 13% A*/A at A level
- Oxford International College, Brighton Independent, inspected by ISI · 43% A*/A at A level
- Roedean School Independent, inspected by ISI · 50% A*/A at A level
- Windlesham School Independent, inspected by ISI
Alternative provision
1 school.
- Central Hub Brighton Pupil referral unit · Ofsted: Good (2024)
Page updated 26 September 2026.