Fairlight Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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.
Fairlight Primary School is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Fairlight 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 | 2.12 mi |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 46.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.8% 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
- St Leonard's Road, Brighton, BN2 3AJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are warmly welcomed and safe in this nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “Adults understand pupils’ academic and emotional needs deeply.”
- “Each pupil is understood and celebrated.”
To improve
- “Despite this, a proportion of pupils do not meet the end of key stage 1 expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 51% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 41 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 Martin's CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Elm Grove Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Downs Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coombe Road Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Downs Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- St Luke's Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Hill Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hertford Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published