Downs View Special School

State-Funded School

downs-view-special-school-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton Kemptown and PeacehavenConstituency

BN2 6BBPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Downs View Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 224 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

224

Total Pupils

78%Boys

22%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 224
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 18 June 2025. 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
4 Jul 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.