Brighton and Hove schools and admissions data

Brighton and Hove City Council has 62 primary schools and 28 secondary schools. 18% of Brighton and Hove's schools are private schools. 43 state schools in Brighton and Hove follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 24 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Brighton and Hove

  1. Outstanding 6
  2. Good 50
  3. Requires Improvement 2
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in Brighton and Hove in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Peter Gladwin Primary School

    Community school • Portslade, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

    Voluntary aided school • Rottingdean, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Carlton Hill Primary School

    Community school • BRIGHTON

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    St Luke's Primary School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Westdene Primary School

    Community school • Westdene, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Elm Grove Primary School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove

    Free schools • Hove, Brighton and Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Martin's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Patcham Infant School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Downs Infant School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Withdean, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Portslade, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Coombe Road Primary School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

    Voluntary aided school • Rottingdean, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Aldrington CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery

    Community school • Woodingdean, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    City Academy Whitehawk

    Academy sponsor led • Whitehawk, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Brunswick Primary School

    Community school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    King's School

    Free schools • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Dorothy Stringer School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Blatchington Mill School

    Community school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Varndean School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Patcham High School

    Community school • Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Cardinal Newman Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Longhill High School

    Community school • Rottingdean, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Portslade, Brighton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Brighton Aldridge Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Brighton

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  10. 10

    Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre

    Community school • Hove

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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