West Hove Infant School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Hove and PortsladeConstituency

BN3 5JAPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

West Hove Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

It currently serves 506 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

506

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

14%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 506
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
11 Dec 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
8 Jan 2014	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.