Downs View Special School

Ofsted inspection

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BN2. Where we have them, council (Brighton and Hove) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on rolli

224

Free school mealsi

60.8%

This schoolBN2 avg

24.6% above district average (36.2%)

Also: Brighton and Hove 50.3% · England 49.2%

SENi

100%

70.9% above district average (29.1%)

Also: Brighton and Hove 100% · England 99.9%

EALi

14.3%

4.7% below district average (19%)

Attendancei

89.7% Autumn and spring 2024/25

2.7% below district average (92.4%)

Also: Brighton and Hove 87.5% · England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BN2 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

• 86.7%
  2020/21
• 90.5%
  2021/22
• 88%
  2022/23
• 89.6%
  2023/24
• 89.7%
  2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

• 0%
  2022/23
• 0%
  2023/24
• 0%
  2024/25

Admissions

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity

Not compared for this type of school

Published capacity (GIAS)i

223

Pupils on roll

224

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Brighton and Hove page.

SEN support

SEN %i

100%

On-site provisioni

Special classes · VI, OTH, HI, SLCN

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Downs View Special School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

• Brighton College Prep School2.1 miles · Other
• Central Hub Brighton2.1 miles · Other · Ofsted: Good
• Royal Spa Nursery School2.3 miles · Other · Ofsted: No overall grade
• Tarnerland Nursery School2.4 miles · Other · Ofsted: No overall grade
• Brighton Girls GDST3.2 miles · Other
• Compass Community School Pinetree Park3.4 miles · Other · Ofsted: Good
• Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove3.6 miles · Other
• Northease Manor School3.6 miles · Other

Other nearby schools

• Woodingdean Primary Schoolunder 0.1 miles · Primary · Ofsted: Good
• Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery0.7 miles · Primary · Ofsted: No overall grade

All schools in BN2 · Schools in Brighton and Hove