Ofsted inspection · 06/12/2023
Overview of Balfour Primary School · Primary · Brighton and Hove
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 71% | 10% | 87% | 41% | 78% | 11% | 84% | 30% | 91% | 78% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 12% | 682 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 5% | 82% | 46% | 75% | 7% | 79% | 31% | 89% | 83% | 108.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 12% | 681 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 14% | 84% | 47% | 77% | 15% | 79% | 32% | 92% | 81% | 108.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | +0.40 | -1.60 | -0.90 | 11% | 709 |
| 2018/19 | 70% | 14% | 82% | 39% | 82% | 19% | 86% | 33% | 91% | 86% | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 | +1.30 | -0.50 | +0.50 | 9% | 788 |
| 2017/18 | 80% | 14% | 92% | 58% | 91% | 25% | 86% | 34% | 95% | 94% | 110.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 | +1.20 | -1.20 | -0.40 | 9% | 853 |
| 2016/17 | 67% | 12% | 83% | 43% | 78% | 33% | 75% | 23% | 87% | 75% | 108.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 | +2.30 | -0.30 | -0.70 | 11% | 868 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 682 | 23.4 | 12% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 8% |
| 2023/24 | 681 | 22.4 | 12% | 8% | 11% | 4% | 8% |
| 2022/23 | 709 | 24.0 | 11% | 8% | 9% | 4% | 8% |
| 2021/22 | 732 | 22.3 | 11% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 12% |
| 2020/21 | 762 | 24.9 | 10% | 7% | 8% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 788 | 24.5 | 9% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 5% |
| 2017/18 | 853 | 23.7 | 9% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| 2016/17 | 868 | 25.4 | 11% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.