Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove

Free schools·Primary school Brighton and Hove·BN3 7QA
Composite score
62.2
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#3,354
National rank
#480
In South East
#1
In Brighton and Hove
Top 23%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
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%
83 first choices, 89 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
260
any preference, for 89 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.2120230.9020241.0820250.932026

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

Every child who put Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove 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
598
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,050
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove at a glance

Located in Brighton and Hove, Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 598 pupils aged 4 to 11. 76% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 23% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove their first choice was offered one of its 89 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove 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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