Brunswick Primary School

Brunswick Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement overall. Recent changes in leadership have negatively impacted the quality of education, but there are signs of rapid improvements as leaders work to ensure that all pupils receive the necessary teaching and support. While the ambition of leaders is clear, the inconsistent delivery of the curriculum means that pupils do not always learn as effectively as they should across all subjects. The school has identifiable strengths, particularly in personal development, where pupils flourish in a safe and nurturing environment, benefiting from a rich enrichment offer and strong communication skills development. However, the school acknowledges that there is much work still to be done to ensure all pupils are prepared for their next educational stages.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and learn in calm classrooms.
• The school promotes a caring and nurturing environment.
• There is a strong emphasis on pupils' personal development.
• Pupils have improved reading skills due to effective phonics teaching.
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and manage emotions well.
• Strong engagement in a variety of enrichment activities.
• Effective leadership in early years provision.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum delivery affecting pupils' achievement.
• Some subjects lack precise identification and sequencing of knowledge.
• Not all teachers are following the curriculum plans consistently.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Brunswick Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Brunswick Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Brunswick Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.4% of pupils at Brunswick Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Brunswick Primary School received £7,432 and spent £7,690 for each of its 586 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £535,000 (-£913 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Brunswick Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brunswick Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Brunswick Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brunswick Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Brunswick Primary School have?

Brunswick Primary School has 586 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brunswick Primary School cover?

Brunswick Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Brunswick Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brunswick Primary School?

Brunswick Primary School is at Somerhill Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1RP.