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Balfour Primary School

Primary

Brighton and Hove · Brighton · BN1 6NE www.balfourprimary.co.uk/

Pupils
695
cap. 718
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection

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Latest inspection
6 Dec 2023
Good

Inspection outcome

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Good

Other Ofsted reports

8 reports
15 Jun 2021
Monitoring visit
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2 Mar 2021
Monitoring visit
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11 Feb 2020
School inspectionRequires Improvement
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

This school is in Brighton and Hove. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

RWM expected
71%
+5pp
LA
58%
England
63%
80%73%66%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
10%
+5pp
LA
5%
England
8%
14%10%5%
'17'18'19'23'24'25

Parent View

as at 2020-04-06
Overall happy
95%
Would recommend
89%
Responses
212
All questions13
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Neither
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • Don't know
  • Yes
  • No

Q1. My child is happy at this school

95%

Q2. My child feels safe at this school

96%

Q3. The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved

91%

Q4. My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying effectively

16%

Q5. The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year

97%

Q6. When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly

62%

Q8. The school has high expectations for my child

80%

Q9. My child does well at this school

90%

Q10. The school lets me know how my child is doing

90%

Q11. There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school

88%

Q12. My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school

96%

Q13. The school supports my child's wider personal development

82%

Q14. I would recommend this school to another parent

89%

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
87%
Reading higher standard
41%
Writing expected standard
78%
Writing higher standard
11%
Maths expected standard
84%
Maths higher standard
30%
Science expected standard
91%
SPAG expected standard
78%
LA AVG 70%
SPAG higher standard
32%
LA AVG 24%
Reading scaled score
107.0
LA AVG 105.73
Maths scaled score
106.0
LA AVG 103.53
GPS scaled score
107.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
682
cap. 718
868775681
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Pupil : teacher ratio
23.4
LA AVG 21.42:1
25.423.922.3
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EAL
8%
LA AVG 19.08%
8%6%5%
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FSM eligible
11%
LA AVG 30.1%
11%9%6%
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SEN
12%
LA AVG 22.67%
12%11%9%
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Overall absence
5%
LA
6%
England
5%
6%4%3%
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Persistent absence
8%
LA
16%
England
13%
12%7%2%
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Overview

AddressBalfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NE
Telephone01273507722
Local authorityBrighton and Hove
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio23.4:1
Religious characterDoes not apply
Finance£6031 spend / pupil£5704 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.Cohort
2024/2571%10%682
2023/2466%5%681
2022/2368%14%+0.40-1.60-0.90709
2018/1970%14%+1.30-0.50+0.50788
2017/1880%14%+1.20-1.20-0.40853
2016/1767%12%+2.30-0.30-0.70868
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2587%41%78%11%84%30%91%78%107.0106.0107.012%
2023/2482%46%75%7%79%31%89%83%108.0106.0108.012%
2022/2384%47%77%15%79%32%92%81%108.0106.0107.011%
2018/1982%39%82%19%86%33%91%86%107.0107.0107.09%
2017/1892%58%91%25%86%34%95%94%110.0107.0110.09%
2016/1783%43%78%33%75%23%87%75%108.0104.0104.011%

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.

Became an academy 1 Sep 2011 (was URN 114361)

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2568223.412%8%11%5%8%
2023/2468122.412%8%11%4%8%
2022/2370924.011%8%9%4%8%
2021/2273222.311%7%8%6%12%
2020/2176224.910%7%8%
2018/1978824.59%6%8%3%5%
2017/1885323.79%4%6%3%3%
2016/1786825.411%4%7%3%2%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.