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Best primary schools in Brighton and Hove

43 of 49 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Brighton and Hove schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Peter Gladwin Primary School Brighton 77.0% Good oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Brighton and Hove 76.0% Good improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Hove Junior School Hove 76.0% Not judged — approximate
4 St Paul's CofE Primary School Brighton 76.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Carlton Hill Primary School BRIGHTON 74.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Hove 72.0% Good improving oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Patcham Junior School Brighton 72.0% Good — approximate
8 Balfour Primary School Brighton 71.0% Good declining oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Brighton 69.0% Not judged about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Hove 68.0% Good declining about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Brighton 66.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean Brighton hidden gem 65.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Aldrington CofE Primary School Hove hidden gem 63.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Brighton hidden gem 63.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School Brighton hidden gem 61.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Downs Junior School Brighton 60.0% Good — approximate
17 Middle Street Primary School Brighton 60.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 St Luke's Primary School Brighton 60.0% Not judged improving about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 St Martin's CofE Primary School Brighton 60.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Stanford Junior School Brighton 60.0% Good — approximate
21 St Nicolas CofE Primary School Brighton hidden gem 59.0% Good improving about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Westdene Primary School Brighton 59.0% Not judged declining about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Mile Oak Primary School Brighton 58.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Brunswick Primary School Hove 57.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 City Academy Whitehawk Brighton 57.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Goldstone Primary School Hove 57.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Brackenbury Primary School Brighton hidden gem 55.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Hove 53.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Saltdean Primary School Brighton 52.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Fairlight Primary School Brighton 51.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Hangleton Primary School Hove 51.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Benfield Primary School Brighton hidden gem 50.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Carden Nursery and Primary School Brighton 50.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School Brighton 48.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Coombe Road Primary School Brighton hidden gem 47.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Coldean Primary School Brighton 46.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Moulsecoomb Primary School Brighton 46.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery Brighton 46.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Hertford Primary School Brighton 44.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Brighton 40.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 Elm Grove Primary School Brighton 39.0% Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 St Mark's CofE Primary School Brighton 33.0% Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Queen's Park Primary School Brighton 30.0% Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Brighton and Hove

6 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Brighton and Hove, not a fairer one.

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