Carlton Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · BRIGHTON, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.53 miles
Published by Brighton & Hove City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2016–2026 (miles)
Carlton Hill Primary School is a primary school in BRIGHTON, Brighton and Hove for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Carlton Hill 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 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.38 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.20 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.34 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.53 miles away, the shortest of 11 Brighton and Hove primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result of 74% was the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Sussex Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 9HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone receives a joyful welcome at this nurturing and successful primary school in the heart of Brighton.”
- “Parents describe the school as ‘supportive, loving and caring’.”
- “Pupils understand and uphold the school ethos that ‘fair means everyone gets what they need, not that everyone gets the same’.”
To improve
- “Leaders are sharply focused on where to make further improvements, as some subjects are not as fully developed in every class.”
- “Occasionally, while lesson activities are exciting for pupils, tasks are not precisely designed to ensure that key knowledge is remembered long-term.”
- “In these instances, pupils are engaged but do not fully understand and retain curriculum content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2024 (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) | 74% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Queen's Park Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Luke's Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Middle Street Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fairlight Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published