Primary schools in Brighton
38 primary schools in Brighton, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Brighton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 34 schools in Brighton first 1,349 times for 1,358 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 8 of the 34 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 9 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.53 miles (Carlton Hill Primary School) to 3.62 miles (Westdene Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Westdene Primary School
- Balfour Primary School
- Benfield Primary School
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery
- Carlton Hill Primary School
- City Academy Whitehawk
- Coombe Road Primary School
- Downs Infant School
- Downs Junior School
- Elm Grove Primary School
- Fairlight Primary School
- Glebe Primary School
- Hertford Primary School
- Mile Oak Primary School
- Moulsecoomb Primary School
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC School
- Patcham Infant School
- Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery
- Saltdean Primary School
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School
- St Luke's Primary School
- St Mark's CofE Primary School
- St Martin's CofE Primary School
- St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Nicolas CofE Primary School
- Stanford Primary School
- Woodingdean Primary School
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean
- Brackenbury Primary School
- Coldean Primary School
- Queen's Park Primary School
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
- St Paul's CofE Primary School
- Carden Nursery and Primary School
- Eastbrook Primary Academy
- Patcham Junior School
- Peter Gladwin Primary School
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