Carden Nursery and 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.
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.
Carden Nursery and 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 29 of the 43 other Brighton and Hove primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 37.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.6% 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
- County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- 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.
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