Queen's Park Primary School

School overview

Queen's Park Primary School is a primary school serving Brighton and Hove, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 315 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Queen's Park Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 20.0 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 101 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Queen's Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 13 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Queen's Park 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.