Carden Nursery and Primary School

State-Funded School

carden-nursery-and-primary-school-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton PavilionConstituency

BN1 8LUPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Carden Nursery and Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 359 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Mar 2026 · published 28 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 51%
Higher standard: 1%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

359

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 359
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 30 September 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Nov 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.