Downs Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Downs Infant School is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 289 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Children learn and play together very happily at this warm and nurturing infant school.”
- “The school takes great care to get to know each child and their family.”
- “Parents and carers are unanimously positive about the school.”
To improve
- “However, the school recognises there is more to do in some areas of the curriculum to ensure success for every child.”
- “A small number have, over time, attended less well.”
- “However, children do not always get enough time to practise some key parts of the curriculum, including spelling and handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 80 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 80 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2016 to 2026, as Brighton and Hove published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Brighton and Hove.
- Downs Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Fairlight Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coombe Road Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Balfour Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hertford Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanford Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published