Patcham Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Brighton & Hove City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2016–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Patcham Infant School is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Patcham Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 0.92 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2016 | 1.31 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 7 earlier years.
- 77 first-choice applications for 85 offers in 2026 Reception; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 8.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Brighton and Hove.
- The school has 38.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Brighton and Hove.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Brighton and Hove schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Highview Avenue South, Brighton, BN1 8WW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 272 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 38.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “At Patcham Infant School there is a strong culture of appreciating and embracing individual liberty.”
- “Pupils take part wholeheartedly in inclusive activities such as wheelchair basketball and blind football.”
- “Most pupils describe their school as a ‘super friendly place where everyone is welcome’.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, some teachers lack the subject knowledge to be able to do this effectively.”
- “The activities they plan do not always take into account the learning that has come before.”
- “This means that the tasks pupils complete do not always match the intended curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 77 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Brighton and Hove.
- Patcham Junior School 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Westdene Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carden Nursery and Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Balfour Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hertford Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coldean Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanford Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published