Queen's Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Brighton, 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.
Queen's Park Primary School is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Queen's Park 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2016 | 0.60 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 30% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Brighton and Hove.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 18 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 41 Brighton and Hove primary schools.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026; places ran out in 1 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 47.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 14.9 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 39.4% and 20.5 across the 8 nearest Brighton and Hove primary schools.
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
- Park Street, Brighton, BN2 0BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 286 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Queen's Park Primary School.”
- “Each morning, friendly staff welcome pupils to the school.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and say it is a safe and happy place.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistently reflected in published outcomes.”
- “Although these continue to remain below national averages overall, pupils are learning the intended curriculum securely.”
- “However, published outcomes indicate that some older pupils are still catching up from weaker achievement in previous years.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2026 (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) | 30% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 13 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.
- Carlton Hill Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Middle Street Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairlight Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published