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Stanford Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Highcroft Villas, Brighton BN1 5PS · stanfordinfants.co.uk · 01273 555240
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- 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
- 197
- 40% of 498 places
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
- First language not English
- 20.3%
- 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, 49 families put the school first and 58 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 | 58 | 49 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 62 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 69 | 59 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 84 | 0.9 | 99% |
Ofsted
Stanford Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 22 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2007
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (147 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 147
- 62% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (8%) with SEND