Schools in Brighton and Hove
76 schools in the Brighton and Hove local authority.
Schools
76
Open schools
Pupils
33,268
2025–26 census
Good or better
93%
53 of 57 graded
Academic Performance
5.1
out of 10 · 66 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 6 11%
- Good
- 47 82%
- Requires improvement
- 4 7%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card14 not judged
5.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 66 of 76 schools that can be scored
Pupils
33,268
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 75 of 76 schools (33,268 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
75%Asian
5%Black
3%Mixed
11%Chinese
<1%Any other group
3%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 63 of 76 schools (29,510 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 16.7%
- Young carers
- 1.2%
7,815 of 29,510 pupils · 63 of 76 schools
4,933 of 29,510 pupils · 63 of 76 schools
359 of 29,338 pupils · 61 of 76 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 12
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 3
- Nursery
- 2
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Brighton and Hove
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Stanford Junior SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary8.2/10Good
- 2.Hove Junior SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary8.1/10
- 3.Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & HoveBrighton and Hove · Primary7.8/10Good
- 4.St Luke's Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary7.5/10
- 5.Rudyard Kipling Primary School & NurseryBrighton and Hove · Primary7.3/10Good
- 6.Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary7.1/10Good
- 7.Carlton Hill Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary7.1/10Good
- 8.St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary7.1/10Good
- 9.Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary7.0/10Good
- 10.Bevendean Primary School and NurseryBrighton and Hove · Primary6.8/10
- 11.Balfour Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary6.6/10Good
- 12.St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary6.6/10Good
- 13.Westdene Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary6.6/10
- 14.St Nicolas CofE Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary6.4/10Good
- 15.St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary6.3/10Good
- 16.St Margaret's CofE Primary School, RottingdeanBrighton and Hove · Primary6.1/10Good
- 17.Downs Junior SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary5.9/10Good
- 18.Middle Street Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary5.7/10Good
- 19.Mile Oak Primary SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary5.6/10Good
- 20.Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolBrighton and Hove · Primary5.6/10Good
Top secondary schools in Brighton and Hove
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Dorothy Stringer SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 2.King's SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 3.Blatchington Mill SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 4.Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary7.5/10
- 5.Varndean SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 6.Patcham High SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 7.Portslade Aldridge Community AcademyBrighton and Hove · Secondary4.1/10Good
- 8.Hove Park School and Sixth Form CentreBrighton and Hove · Secondary2.9/10Good
- 9.Brighton Aldridge Community AcademyBrighton and Hove · Secondary1.7/10
- 10.Longhill High SchoolBrighton and Hove · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 76 schools in Brighton and Hove — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Brighton and Hove
- How many schools are there in Brighton and Hove?
- Brighton and Hove has 76 open schools — 52 primary, 12 secondary, 3 special, 2 nursery, teaching 33,268 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Brighton and Hove are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 53 of the 57 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 6 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 76: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Brighton and Hove?
- 5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 66 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Brighton and Hove schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 19 schools in Brighton and Hove currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Brighton and Hove local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Brighton and Hove covers 76 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Brighton and Hove are eligible for free school meals?
- 26.5% — 7,815 of 29,510 pupils at the 63 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.