Elm Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.46 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.
Elm Grove 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 11 January 2023. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Elm Grove 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 | 1.46 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.81 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.30 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.80 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.38 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 1.46 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- That Reception 2026 figure was the 3rd longest of 11 Brighton and Hove primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 1.05 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Elm Grove, Elm Grove Primary School, Brighton, BN2 3ES
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s curriculum is successfully designed to enable all pupils to be included in learning.”
- “This is underpinned by the school motto of ‘Everyone Included, Everyone Valued.”
- “A kind and nurturing environment permeates throughout this school.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, leaders have not yet considered how information about what pupils have remembered will inform future teaching.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes have gaps in their learning.”
- “Leaders have identified that outcomes in reading and writing at the end of key stage 1 were not good enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2023 (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) | 39% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Fairlight Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coombe Road Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen's Park Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Hill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- City Academy Whitehawk 0.7 mi Good Last distance published