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Bevendean Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Heath Hill Avenue, Lower Bevendean, Brighton BN2 4JP · bevendeanprimaryschoolandnursery.co.uk · 01273 681292
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 317
- 75% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 47.8%
- First language not English
- 11.4%
- 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, 31 families put the school first and 33 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 | 33 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Brighton and Hove it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bevendean Primary School and Nursery on 19 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 59
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (27%) with SEND