Fairlight Primary School
St Leonard's Road, Brighton, BN2 3AJ
393 pupils · 94% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Free school meals
- 46.6%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 June 2024, published 17 July 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 51% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 2% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.93 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 44 | 41 | 189 | 44 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 53 | 47 | 144 | 52 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 58 | 46 | 131 | 56 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 44 | 40 | 115 | 43 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 40 | 35 | 123 | 39 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 41 | 30 | 132 | 39 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 45 | 146 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 44 | 39 | 131 | 44 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Elm Grove Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Downs Infant School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Coombe Road Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Downs Junior School 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Luke's Primary School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.