Brunswick Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Hove, 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.
Brunswick Primary School is a primary school in Hove, Brighton and Hove for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Brunswick 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 | 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 | 0.87 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.72 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.45 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though a last distance was published in 3 of the 7 earlier years, so places did run out in some years.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 21.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Brighton and Hove is 27.7%.
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
- Somerhill Road, Hove, BN3 1RP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 586 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Recent rapid improvements reflect the ambition of leaders to ensure that all pupils will now get the teaching and support they need to achieve well.”
- “Pupils are beginning to learn from a broad curriculum which is now more coherently planned.”
- “Pupils feel safe and learn in calm classrooms.”
To improve
- “The school recognises how changes in leadership over time have had a negative impact on the quality of education provided to its pupils.”
- “However, currently, the way some subjects are taught is inconsistent.”
- “This means that pupils do not learn as well as they should across the full curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 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) | 57% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 50 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.
- St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanford Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Middle Street Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carlton Hill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published