Schools in Brighton

About schools in Brighton

Brighton lists 63 schools, most of them primary schools. Its six secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

56%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 38 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

44.3

average Attainment 8 score, across the 7 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Royal Spa Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Tarnerland Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools40

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Balfour Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Benfield Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Bevendean Primary School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Brackenbury Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Carden Nursery and Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Carlton Hill Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• City Academy Whitehawk

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Coldean Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Coombe Road Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Downs Infant School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 7

• Downs Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Eastbrook Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Elm Grove Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  39%

  expected standard
• Fairlight Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• Glebe Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Hertford Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• Middle Street Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Mile Oak Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Moulsecoomb Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Patcham Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Patcham Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Peter Gladwin Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Queen's Park Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  30%

  expected standard
• Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Saltdean Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• St Luke's Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Mark's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• St Martin's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• St Nicolas CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St Paul's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Stanford Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Stanford Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11 · Due to close

  60%

  expected standard
• Westdene Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Woodingdean Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

Secondary schools6

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Brighton Aldridge Community Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 19

  36.2

  Attainment 8
• Dorothy Stringer School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  53.3

  Attainment 8
• Longhill High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  32.9

  Attainment 8
• Patcham High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  45.5

  Attainment 8
• Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  42.7

  Attainment 8
• Varndean School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  48.8

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Varndean College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision7

• Central Hub Brighton

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 5 to 16

• Downs View Life Skills College

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 19 to 25

• Downs View Special School

  Community special school · Ages 3 to 19

• Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children

  Non-maintained special school · Ages 5 to 19

• Hill Park School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 16

• St. John's College (Brighton)

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 16 to 25

• Team Domenica

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 18 to 25

Independent schools5

• Brighton College

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19

• Brighton College Prep School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 12

• Kings Brighton

  Other independent school · Ages 14 to 19

• Oxford International College, Brighton

  Other independent school · Ages 13 to 19

• Roedean School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

Other establishments2

• University of Brighton

  Higher education institutions

• University of Sussex

  Higher education institutions

Common questions about schools in Brighton

How many schools does Brighton have?

OfferDay lists 63 schools in Brighton, including 40 primary schools and seven special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in Brighton?

Every school in Brighton is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Brighton ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Brighton where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.