Elm Grove Primary School
Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3ES
404 pupils · 93% of 436 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (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 11 January 2023, published 6 March 2023. 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 | 39% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.05 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 63 | 225 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 57 | 52 | 213 | 56 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 64 | 269 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 70 | 215 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 59 | 233 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 57 | 224 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 78 | 273 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 49 | 229 | 60 |
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
- Fairlight Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Luke's Primary School 0.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Coombe Road Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Queen's Park Primary School 1 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.