Middle Street Primary School

Community school·Primary school Brighton and Hove·BN1 1AL
Composite score
47.2
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National rank
#1223
In South East
#14
In Brighton and Hove
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
2 first choices, 2 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 2 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.26
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9720230.7520240.7420251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Middle Street Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
192
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
28.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,845
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Middle Street Primary School at a glance

Located in Brighton and Hove, Middle Street Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 192 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Middle Street Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 2 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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