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St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School

Primary · Hove · BN3 3YT

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 20 November 2024

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At a glance

648 pupils · 99% of 654 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.st-andrews.brighton-hove.sch.uk
URN
114556

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 99 families named it first for 89 Reception places, 1.11 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.11 first-choice applications per place

89 places offered · 99 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

96 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Brighton and Hove average57.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Boothville Primary SchoolNorthampton · 104 miles awayGood54%
Gayhurst Community SchoolLondon · 49 miles awayOutstanding88%
St Edburg's Church of England (VA) SchoolBicester · 85 miles awayGood64%
Hitherfield Primary SchoolLondon · 42 miles awayGood57%
Singlegate Primary SchoolLondon · 41 miles awayOutstanding74%
Castle Hill Primary SchoolBasingstoke · 51 miles awayGood67%
Cypress Primary SchoolLondon · 40 miles awayGood57%
Begbrook Primary AcademyBristol · 112 miles awayGood66%
Lessness Heath Primary SchoolBelvedere · 47 miles awayGood63%
Air Balloon Hill Primary SchoolBristol · 111 miles awayGood60%
Whitmore Park Primary SchoolCoventry · 125 miles awayRequires improvement59%
Great Denham Primary SchoolBedford · 91 miles awayOutstanding72%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Brighton and Hove 66%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (Brighton and Hove 9%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Brighton and Hove 4%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Brighton and Hove 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Brighton and Hove 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Brighton and Hove 2%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Brighton and Hove 3%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Brighton and Hove 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Brighton and Hove 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Brighton and Hove 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Brighton and Hove 1%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Brighton and Hove 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Brighton and Hove: 2.91 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

74.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,633; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£5,862
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 86% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£7,104; in-year balance +£10,121

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier35.3%62.3%
Social housing9.9%17.1%
Privately rented54.6%20.5%
Detached houses1.5%22.9%
Flats81.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016860 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£399,0001,570 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£595,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (45)£1,185,000
Semi-detached (80)£1,056,000
Terraced (270)£640,000
Flat (1175)£340,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
23an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
127an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
29an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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