Queen's Park Primary School, Brighton

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Queen's Park Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils generally achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have established effective attendance systems that have resulted in clear improvements in attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a broad and balanced curriculum with clear endpoints."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in Reception Year get off to a flying start."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear strategy to ensure that the school is inclusive."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors are ambitious for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a clear and effective approach to pupils' personal development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed high expectations for what pupils can achieve. They should ensure that teaching is of a consistently high quality in all year groups and subjects"; "Leaders should further improve whole-school attendance so more pupils attend school as regularly as possible and persistent absence reduces further for vulnerable pupils".

From the headteacher's welcome: "I feel incredibly lucky to lead Queen’s Park. Queen’s Park School inspires and motivates children through our irresistible, ambitious and enriching curriculum offer."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, gymnastics, basketball, multi-sports, karate, dance, Lego, cooking and art.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £10.50 per session.

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Queen's Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 47% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 69% in Brighton and Hove and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 65% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Queen's Park Primary School as their first choice and 87 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Queen's Park Primary School are Carlton Hill Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 77% maths); St Luke's Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 73% maths); St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 57% maths); and Elm Grove Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 54% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Queen's Park Primary School.

47.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 37.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Asian (13%) and other ethnic groups (10%).

In 2026, 74 pupils (25.9%) received SEN support and 15 (5.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Queen's Park Primary School had 23 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Brighton Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park Street (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Queen's Park Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1737 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Brighton and Hove (366), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Queen's Park Primary School issued 26 suspensions, 8.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.