Balfour Primary School

State-Funded School

balfour-primary-school-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton PavilionConstituency

BN1 6NEPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Balfour Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 695 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

695

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

11%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 695
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Jan 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
11 Mar 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.