St Paul's CofE Primary School, Brighton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Paul's creates a warm, welcoming environment where children are truly known and cared for. The school excels at supporting all learners - particularly those facing additional challenges - to succeed academically and develop into confident, resilient individuals. Pupils benefit from a rich curriculum that goes beyond the classroom, including exciting global partnerships that help them understand the wider world.
Key Strengths
- Early years curriculum is well-sequenced and ambitious, with children achieving above national averages in reading and development
- Strong personal development and wellbeing programme, including international partnerships with schools in Uganda and Spain that develop global citizenship
- Excellent pastoral support with staff knowing pupils well and responding quickly to their needs
- Disadvantaged pupils achieve particularly well with access to the full curriculum and targeted support
- Clear behaviour expectations consistently applied, creating a safe and respectful environment with very rare bullying incidents
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers do not always address misconceptions or adapt tasks with enough precision in some lessons
- Persistent absence remains higher for disadvantaged pupils despite improvements and targeted intervention
- Further work required to close the attendance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peers
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
St Paul's CofE Primary School is a well-led school where pupils achieve well from their starting points and flourish in a caring, inclusive environment. Leaders have secured significant improvements since the previous inspection, with consistently positive outcomes for all groups of pupils.
At a Glance
31.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 80% to 76%. Maths has improved from 68% to 86%. Writing has improved from 80% to 86%.
Class Sizes
25.0
Avg class size
21.0
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
72%
Available places
151 pupils
210 capacity
59 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Brighton
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Admissions Demand - Brighton and Hove
Places available
2,430
Applications
1,965
Got 1st preference
91.2%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Brighton and Hove (2025/26)
Inspection History(17)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.91959%
Overall absence
24.11765%
Persistent absence
170
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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