St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Brighton and Hove·BN2 7HB
Composite score
51.6
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National rank
#1013
In South East
#9
In Brighton and Hove
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
118
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
22%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0020220.9120230.8820240.9320250.902026

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

Every child who put St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
176
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,378
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean at a glance

Located in Brighton and Hove, St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 176 pupils aged 5 to 11. 65% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% 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 St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean 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.

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