West Hove Infant School
Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maddie Southern
- Federation
- Hove Learning Federation
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 506
- URN
- 114428
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01273733386
About this school
West Hove Infant School is a community primary school in Hove. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 506 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How West Hove Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 482 |
| 2023/24 | 491 |
| 2024/25 | 505 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How West Hove Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 18% | 506 | — |
| Hove Junior School | 76% | 5.3% | 22.9% | 671 | 0.0 miles |
| Goldstone Primary School | 57% | 4.5% | 19.7% | 659 | 0.5 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 68% | 4.6% | 19.4% | 648 | 0.8 miles |
| Benfield Primary School | 50% | 6.8% | 37% | 209 | 0.8 miles |
| Aldrington CofE Primary School | 63% | 4% | 17.7% | 412 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.02%
- English as an additional language
- 25.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.62%
- Persistent absence
- 12.26%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hove Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Hove
-
Goldstone Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hove
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St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hove
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Benfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Brighton
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Aldrington CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Hove
Other schools in Hove
- Aldrington CofE Primary School Primary
- Brunswick Primary School Primary
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Goldstone Primary School Primary
- Hangleton Primary School Primary
- Hove Junior School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Blatchington Mill School Secondary
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary
- King's School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does West Hove Infant School teach?
- West Hove Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Hove.
- Who is the headteacher of West Hove Infant School?
- The headteacher of West Hove Infant School is Mrs Maddie Southern, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was West Hove Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected West Hove Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is West Hove Infant School?
- West Hove Infant School has 506 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is West Hove Infant School full?
- West Hove Infant School has capacity for 540 pupils and 506 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is West Hove Infant School a faith school?
- No. West Hove Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does West Hove Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records West Hove Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs West Hove Infant School?
- West Hove Infant School is part of the Hove Learning Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is West Hove Infant School's absence rate?
- West Hove Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does West Hove Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for West Hove Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.