West Hove Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Hove, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.05 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.
West Hove Infant School is a primary school in Hove, Brighton and Hove for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
West Hove 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 | 1.05 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 1.08 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.86 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.98 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2016 | 0.62 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.05 miles away, the 6th longest of 11 Brighton and Hove primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 3 of the 8 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2016.
- Reception 2026 drew 130 first-choice applications for 121 offers; 119 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- 13.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.8% 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
- Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 506 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils aspire to be the best that they can be.”
- “Staff are passionate about pupils’ learning and development.”
- “They have exceptionally high expectations of pupils’ focus on learning and behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 130 first-preference applications, 121 offers in total, 119 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.
- Hove Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- Goldstone Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Benfield Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aldrington CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Hangleton Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published