Patcham Infant School

Community school·Infant school Brighton and Hove·BN1 8WW

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Patcham Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

77 first choices, 85 places

First choices per place

0.91

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

170

any preference, for 85 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Every child who put Patcham Infant 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 278
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

10.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

34.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,156

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Patcham Junior School Brighton · 0.2 mi 55.0 Westdene Primary School Brighton · 0.6 mi 44.2 Carden Nursery and Primary School Brighton · 0.8 mi 38.3 Balfour Primary School Brighton · 1.0 mi 57.8 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Brighton · 1.0 mi 49.9 Hertford Primary School Brighton · 1.4 mi 35.6 Coldean Primary School Brighton · 1.5 mi 41.6 Downs Junior School Brighton · 1.6 mi 46.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Patcham Infant School is a primary school serving Brighton and Hove, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 278 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Patcham Infant School 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Patcham Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 85 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 34.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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.