St Luke's Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.04 miles
Published by Brighton & Hove City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2016–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Luke's Primary School is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
St Luke's Primary 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 | 1.04 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.28 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.40 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 1.04 miles away, the 5th shortest of 11 Brighton and Hove primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2016, and it swung sharply between some years.
- 94 first-choice applications for 90 offers in 2026 Reception: 86 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Queens Park Rise, Brighton, BN2 9ZF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 622 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love to come to this school, where they feel comfortable to be themselves.”
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are supportive and respectful.”
To improve
- “Some children start Reception with limited vocabulary and lack confidence when discussing ideas.”
- “Where effective adaptations are not fully in place, some pupils do not deepen their understanding of curriculum concepts, and they sometimes do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 94 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 86 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.
- Elm Grove Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen's Park Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Hill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fairlight Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- City Academy Whitehawk 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published