Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove
The Droveway, Hove, Brighton and Hove, BN3 7QA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BILINGUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon King
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 614
- URN
- 138261
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01273916212
About this school
Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove is a primary academy in Brighton and Hove. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 614 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 84 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 77% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 6% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 90% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 86% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 89% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Brighton and Hove average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 55.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 56% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 55.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 613 |
| 2023/24 | 599 |
| 2024/25 | 598 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove compares
Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove ranked 2nd of 41 primary schools in Brighton and Hove for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.9% | 14.2% | 614 | — |
| Aldrington CofE Primary School | 63% | 4% | 17.7% | 412 | 0.2 miles |
| Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 16.1% | 436 | 0.8 miles |
| Goldstone Primary School | 57% | 4.5% | 19.7% | 659 | 0.8 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 68% | 4.6% | 19.4% | 648 | 0.9 miles |
| Hove Junior School | 76% | 5.3% | 22.9% | 671 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.21%
- English as an additional language
- 23.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.89%
- Persistent absence
- 11.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aldrington CofE Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Hove
-
Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hove
-
Goldstone Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hove
-
St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Hove
-
Hove Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Hove
Common questions
- What year groups does Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove teach?
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Brighton and Hove.
- Who is the headteacher of Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove?
- The headteacher of Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove is Mr Simon King, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove, 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 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove?
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove has 614 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove full?
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove has capacity for 630 pupils and 614 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove a faith school?
- No. Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove has no designated religious character.
- Does Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove?
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove is part of BILINGUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove rank locally?
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove ranked 2nd of 41 primary schools in Brighton and Hove for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove's absence rate?
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove'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 13 August 2026.