St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Brighton and Hove·BN3 3YT
Composite score
52.4
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#6,415
National rank
#964
In South East
#8
In Brighton and Hove
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
88%
99 first choices, 89 places
First choices per place
1.11
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
307
any preference, for 89 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.1120231.1820241.2820251.112026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School yet. Brighton and Hove does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
651
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,669
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school serving Brighton and Hove, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 651 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 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 top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 88% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (99 first choices for 89 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary 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.

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