Downs Infant School
Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JA
289 pupils · 96% of 300 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Free school meals
- 11.8%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 24 September 2024, published 21 October 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 80 | 275 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 89 | 103 | 260 | 89 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 106 | 242 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 115 | 112 | 274 | 115 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 97 | 97 | 277 | 97 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 119 | 132 | 325 | 119 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 118 | 130 | 301 | 118 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 120 | 142 | 346 | 120 |
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
- Downs Junior School 0.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Fairlight Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Elm Grove Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Coombe Road Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Balfour Primary School 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
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.