City Academy Whitehawk

State-Funded School

city-academy-whitehawk-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton Kemptown and PeacehavenConstituency

BN2 5FLPostcode

2.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

City Academy Whitehawk is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 323 pupils. City Academy Whitehawk is part of Aurora Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

323

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 323
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Aurora Academies Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 Jun 2024	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
5 Dec 2018	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.