Schools in Brighton and Hove
There are 62 state-funded and grammar schools in Brighton and Hove. 2 are rated Outstanding and 32 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Brighton and Hove
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Brighton and Hove, by town
Brighton
- Balfour Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN1 6NE
Ofsted: Good - Benfield Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN41 1XS
Ofsted: Good - Bevendean Primary School and Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · BN2 4JP
Ofsted: Not judged - Brackenbury Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · BN41 2LA
Ofsted: Good - Ofsted: Not judged
- Carden Nursery and Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN1 8LU
No rating on record - Central Hub Brighton
Year 1 - Year 11 · BN1 7FP
Ofsted: Good - City Academy Whitehawk
Nursery - Year 6 · BN2 5FL
Ofsted: Good - Coldean Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN1 9EN
Ofsted: Good - Coombe Road Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 4BP
Ofsted: Good - Dorothy Stringer School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BN1 6PZ
Ofsted: Good - Downs Infant School
Year 1 - Year 2 · BN1 6JA
Ofsted: Not judged - Downs Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BN1 6ED
Ofsted: Good - Downs View Special School
BN2 6BB
No rating on record - Elm Grove Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 3ES
Ofsted: Good - Fairlight Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN2 3AJ
Ofsted: Good - Hertford Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN1 7FP
Ofsted: Not judged - Hill Park School
Reception - Year 11 · BN41 2FU
Ofsted: Outstanding - Longhill High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BN2 7FR
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Middle Street Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN1 1AL
Ofsted: Good - Mile Oak Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN41 2WN
Ofsted: Good - Moulsecoomb Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN2 4PA
Ofsted: Not judged - Our Lady of Lourdes RC School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 7HA
Ofsted: Good - Patcham High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BN1 8PB
Ofsted: Good - Patcham Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · BN1 8WW
Ofsted: Good - Patcham Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BN1 8TA
No rating on record - Peter Gladwin Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN41 2PA
No rating on record - Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BN41 2WS
No rating on record - Queen's Park Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 0BN
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Royal Spa Nursery School
Nursery - Reception · BN2 0BT
Ofsted: Outstanding - Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · BN2 6RH
Ofsted: Good - Saltdean Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 8HB
Ofsted: Good - St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN1 6UT
No rating on record - St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 0AH
Ofsted: Not judged - St Luke's Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 9ZF
Ofsted: Not judged - St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean
Year 1 - Year 6 · BN2 7HB
No rating on record - St Mark's CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 5EA
Ofsted: Not judged - St Martin's CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN2 3LJ
Ofsted: Good - St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN1 3EF
Ofsted: Good - St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN41 1LB
Ofsted: Good - St Nicolas CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN41 2LA
Ofsted: Good - St Paul's CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN1 3LP
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Stanford Infant School
Reception - Year 2 · BN1 5PS
Ofsted: Good - Tarnerland Nursery School
Nursery - Reception · BN2 0GR
No rating on record - Varndean School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BN1 6NP
Ofsted: Good - Westdene Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN1 5GN
Ofsted: Not judged - Woodingdean Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 6BB
Ofsted: Good
BRIGHTON
- Carlton Hill Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN2 9HS
Ofsted: Good
Brighton and Hove
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove
Reception - Year 6 · BN3 7QA
Ofsted: Good
Hove
- Aldrington CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN3 7QD
No rating on record - Blatchington Mill School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BN3 7BW
Ofsted: Good - Brunswick Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN3 1RP
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Year 7 - Year 13 · BN3 6ND
Ofsted: Not judged - Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · BN3 6NB
Ofsted: Good - Goldstone Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN3 7JW
Ofsted: Good - Hangleton Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN3 8LF
Ofsted: Good - Hove Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BN3 5JA
Ofsted: Not judged - Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Year 7 - Year 13 · BN3 7BN
No rating on record - King's School
BN3 8BN
Ofsted: Good - St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BN3 3YT
No rating on record - West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · BN3 8BN
No rating on record - West Hove Infant School
Year 1 - Year 2 · BN3 5JA
Ofsted: Not judged