Carden Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Carden Nursery and Primary School is a primary school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove for ages 3–11 (community school). Brighton and Hove has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Pupils on roll
- 359 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are confident, friendly and welcoming in this caring and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders and staff create a positive culture where pupils consider whether their actions are ‘good for me, good for you and good for everyone’.”
- “This helps pupils to make thoughtful choices, contributing to a happy and safe community.”
To improve
- “Leaders are rightly focused on improving pupils' success with mathematics, where progress and achievement have been weaker.”
- “However, the quality of mathematics teaching is not yet consistently secure.”
- “End of key stage 2 outcomes for mathematics indicate that a more consistent approach to the teaching and learning of mathematics is required so that pupils develop deeper mathematical understanding.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 50% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2016 to 2026, as Brighton and Hove published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Brighton and Hove.
- Patcham Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Coldean Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Patcham Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hertford Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Balfour Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Moulsecoomb Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westdene Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published