Primary · BN3 · Brighton and Hove

West Hove Infant School

Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance96.3%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils506

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Dec 2024): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BN3. 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 roll
506
Free school meals
13.8%
9.1% below district average (22.9%)

Also: Brighton and Hove 26.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
15.4%
3.9% below district average (19.3%)

Also: Brighton and Hove 21.3% · England 18.2%

EAL
25.3%
3.5% above district average (21.8%)
Attendance
96.3%
0.9% above district average (95.4%)

Also: Brighton and Hove 94.2% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
6.9%
Attainment
No KS2 at this school

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BN3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.8%
  • 2021/2295.6%
  • 2022/2394.7%
  • 2023/2495%
  • 2024/2595.3%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
540
Pupils on roll
506

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

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

SEN support

SEN %
15.4%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

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

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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