Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.10 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.
Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2022. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery 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 | 3.10 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.48 mi |
| 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
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 3.10 miles from the school, 2nd longest of 11 Brighton and Hove primary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 6 of the 8 years with a published outcome; the last distance swung most from 2025 to 2026, moving further out.
- For Reception 2026 there were 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 52 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Chalkland Rise, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6RH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 312 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery.”
- “They feel safe because leaders and staff prioritise the importance of building trusting and respectful relationships with every pupil.”
- “Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, where the curriculum has recently been updated, leaders have not yet provided additional training for staff.”
- “As a result, teachers do not yet fully understand the sequence of knowledge and skills that pupils should remember in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2022 (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) | 46% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 52 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.
- Woodingdean Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saltdean Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- City Academy Whitehawk 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published