West Hove Infant School

Community school·Infant school Brighton and Hove·BN3 5JA

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

West Hove Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. 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

92%

130 first choices, 121 places

First choices per place

1.07

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

323

any preference, for 121 places

Last place offered lived

1.05 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1690 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14

00.511.5

1 per place

0.7920220.9320230.8620240.9320251.072026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 505
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

25.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,830

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Hove Junior School Hove · 0.0 mi 59.9 Goldstone Primary School Hove · 0.5 mi 45.2 St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Hove · 0.7 mi 52.4 Benfield Primary School Brighton · 0.8 mi 37.2 Aldrington CofE Primary School Hove · 0.9 mi 48.0 Hangleton Primary School Hove · 0.9 mi 34.3 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Brighton and Hove · 0.9 mi 62.2 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Brighton · 1.1 mi 44.4

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

About West Hove Infant School

West Hove Infant School is a primary school in Brighton and Hove, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 505 pupils aged 5 to 7 attend the school.

Competition for places is real here - 92% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (130 first choices for 121 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 1.05 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. West Hove Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.