St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Brighton PavilionConstituency

BN1 3EFPostcode

2.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary Magdalen Catholic 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 193 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

30%

Asian

Black

25%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

24%

Unclassified

Pupils

193

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

65%

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: 193
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less 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 25 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
5 Dec 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.