St Mary's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-marys-catholic-primary-school-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Hove and PortsladeConstituency

BN41 1LBPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 208 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

208

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 208
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 21 September 2023. 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 May 2014	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.