Queen's Park Primary School

About Queen's Park Primary School

Queen's Park Primary School in Brighton and Hove is a state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, currently led by headteacher Emma Gale. The school has capacity for 420 children but is operating below that, with 315 pupils on roll. Its intake is notably diverse in terms of disadvantage: 48.3 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure well above the national average and likely the highest in its local authority. Demand for places is strong — for the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 78 applications for 38 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.05, with 32 of those applications coming as first preferences. That level of interest suggests the school holds a solid reputation among local families, despite its current Ofsted rating.

Academically, Queen's Park is rated Requires Improvement by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in September 2023, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2014. The inspection judged all key areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — as requiring improvement. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 50 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the local authority average of 59 per cent. The school’s average reading score was 103 and maths 100. Just 7 per cent of pupils achieved a higher standard in maths, and only 2 per cent in writing. These results place Queen's Park 34th out of 40 primary schools in Brighton and Hove, and in the bottom 50 per cent nationally.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, sensory room, art studios and an ICT suite. Sports provision covers swimming, football, cross country, athletics, cricket, tennis and rounders, while clubs include drama, eco club, book club and choir. SEND support is extensive, with provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is non-religious and does not have a nursery or sixth form. For families considering Queen's Park, the key trade-off is between its high demand and inclusive, well-resourced SEND offer versus its current Requires Improvement status and below-average academic outcomes.

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