Brunswick Primary School

Community school·Primary school Brighton and Hove·BN3 1RP
Composite score
44.1
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#9,505
National rank
#1418
In South East
#21
In Brighton and Hove
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 54 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
155
any preference, for 54 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9720230.9320240.8320250.932026

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

Every child who put Brunswick 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
671
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,083
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Brunswick Primary School

Brunswick Primary School is a primary school in Brighton and Hove, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 671 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Brunswick Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Brunswick Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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