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Glebe Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 453 pupils Brighton
Ofsted: Good
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Glebe Primary School is an academy converter in Brighton for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 453 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Glebe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, Glebe Primary School. In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: November 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Church Lane
Southwick
Brighton
West Sussex
BN42 4GB
Phone 01273592163
Reference Number 150066

General Makeup

Number of pupils 453
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.86%
Girls: 46.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 19.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 22 18 40
2 18 29 47
3 41 31 72
4 38 25 63
5 40 38 78
6 47 43 90

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 82.6%
White, Other 3.5%
Mixed, Other 2.6%
Unclassified 2.2%
White & Asian 1.5%
African 1.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Glebe Primary School, inspected in February 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Nov 2023 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 40%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101
Maths 101
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 31 0
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Glebe Primary School had 451 pupils for 630 places. 179 places (28.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “SHOREHAM Primary” planning area

West Sussex counted 314 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 255 in 2029–30, down 19%.

20242025
Places 630630
Pupils 507451
Unfilled 19.5%28.4%

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 Glebe Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 4.9%4.1%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.2%

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, 2.4% of pupils at Glebe Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.24.5
Permanent exclusions 00

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 Glebe Primary School had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.612.413.1
Teachers who left state teaching 9.9%14.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 59.4%73.1%–
Sick days per teacher 2.23.6–

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, 13.0% of pupils at Glebe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 27 3
Social, emotional and mental health 16 4
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 0
Physical disability 2 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 2024–25 Glebe Primary School received £6,171 and spent £6,054 for each of its 466 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £416,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £416,000
per pupil £894
In-year balance £54,000
per pupil £116

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Glebe Primary School is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

What is Glebe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glebe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, Glebe Primary School.

When was Glebe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Glebe Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Glebe Primary School have?

Glebe Primary School has 453 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glebe Primary School cover?

Glebe Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Glebe Primary School?

Glebe Primary School is at Church Lane, Southwick, Brighton, West Sussex, BN42 4GB.

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