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Stanford Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Brighton and Hove

Highcroft Villas, Brighton, BN1 5PS

Website 01273555240

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

Good

Graded 22/03/2022

Application demand

93%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.8%

9.7% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

197

Capacity used

Has space

40%

498 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

93%

1st preference success rate

52 of 56 families who put it first got an offer

60

Places offered

175

Total applications

2.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference5652● 93%
2nd preference465● 11%
3rd preference733● 4%
Total1756034%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
99%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
93%
2025

Brighton and Hove lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Emma Lake
Address
Highcroft Villas, Brighton, BN1 5PS
Phone
01273555240
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Ward / constituency
Preston Park · Brighton Pavilion
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
114377

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals7%——
English as additional language12%——
SEN support10%——
51% boys (100)49% girls (97)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

197 pupils · 498 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    22 March 2022

    Full graded inspection

    Good overall effectiveness
    Early yearsGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Quality of educationGood
    Safeguarding effectiveYes
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 154 pupils

Attendance

95.8%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.2%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

9.7%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.0%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

4%
20/21
10%
21/22
11%
22/23
8%
23/24
10%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Brighton and Hove council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.