Brunswick Primary School

About Brunswick Primary School

Brunswick Primary School sits in the middle of the pack for Brighton and Hove primary schools, but its headline Key Stage 2 results actually outpace the local authority average. The school achieved 63% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 59%. That four-point gap places it 17th out of 48 primary schools in the borough, putting it just inside the top half. However, the picture is more nuanced when you look at the higher standard: only 5% of pupils hit the top mark across all three subjects, and just 6% did so in writing. Reading is a clear strength, with 88% reaching the expected level and 40% achieving the higher standard, while maths sits at 71% expected and 24% higher. These figures suggest a school that does a solid job for most children but isn't currently pushing large numbers into the top tier.

The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2024 rated it Requires Improvement overall, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2018. The drop was driven by a Requires Improvement judgement for quality of education, while leadership and management, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision all held at Good. The inspection report noted that the school has 671 pupils against a capacity of 936, so there is significant spare capacity, and 20.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average. In terms of local rankings, Brunswick sits 18th out of 40 schools on the KS2 expected standard metric, placing it in the bottom 50% nationally but around the median for the South East region. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Hove Junior School, 2.3 km away.

Brunswick offers a broad range of facilities including music rooms, a forest school, art studios, an ICT suite, playing fields and even a chapel. Sports provision covers cross country, swimming, rounders and gymnastics, while clubs include gardening, art, choir and drama. The school has a well-developed SEND offer, with provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. Admissions are competitive: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 140 applications for 47 places, with 39 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of nearly 3:1. This is a large, non-faith community primary that suits families who value a strong reading curriculum and a supportive SEND framework, but who are comfortable with a school that is still working through the improvements identified by Ofsted.

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