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Hertford Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Lynchet Close, Brighton BN1 7FP · hertford.brighton-hove.sch.uk · 01273 557341
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 44%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Brighton and Hove 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Brighton and Hove Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 205
- 94% of 218 places
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 37.1%
- First language not English
- 9.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Brighton and Hove Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 18 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 24 | 0.8 | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 44% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Brighton and Hove it was 60%, and across England 62%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ▼44% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ●6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ●105 | 106 |
| Maths | ▼102 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ●103 | 105 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hertford Primary School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (78 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 78
- 37% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (33%) with SEND