Glebe Primary School
Church Lane, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4GB
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by Glebe Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Crutchfield
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 520
- URN
- 125913
- Local authority
- West Sussex
About this school
Glebe Primary School was a community primary school in Brighton. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 520 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Glebe Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 70 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.70 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Glebe Primary 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 | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Glebe Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.4% | 21.7% | 520 | — |
| Glebe Primary School | 40% | 4.9% | 21.8% | 453 | 0.0 miles |
| Eastbrook Primary Academy | 68% | 6.4% | 20.1% | 364 | 0.6 miles |
| Holmbush Primary Academy | 43% | 4.7% | 13.8% | 222 | 0.6 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 79% | 4.9% | 10.9% | 201 | 0.9 miles |
| St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School | 71% | 4.6% | 10.5% | 381 | 1.0 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.7%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.4%
- Persistent absence
- 20.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glebe Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Eastbrook Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Holmbush Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Shoreham-by-Sea
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Shoreham-by-Sea
-
St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Shoreham-by-Sea
Other schools in Brighton
- Balfour Primary School Primary
- Benfield Primary School Primary
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Brackenbury Primary School Primary
- Carden Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Carlton Hill Primary School Primary
- City Academy Whitehawk Primary
- Coldean Primary School Primary
- Coombe Road Primary School Primary
- Downs Infant School Primary
- Downs Junior School Primary
- Eastbrook Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Glebe Primary School teach?
- Glebe Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Brighton.
- Has Glebe Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Glebe Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Glebe Primary School?
- Glebe Primary School had 520 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Glebe Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Glebe Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Glebe Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 28 October 2024.