Fairlight Primary School

State-Funded School

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

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton PavilionConstituency

BN2 3AJPostcode

2.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 393 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 55%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

59%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

16%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

393

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 393
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 (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 5 June 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Jan 2015	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.