Downs Infant School

Brighton and HoveCommunity school

Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JA

Headteacher: Mrs Lisa WalkerSchool website ↗Pupils: 322 (capacity: 300)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected September 2024
Oversubscribed
81% of first-choice applicants offered a place
inspected
Inspected September 2024
81%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Ofsted RatingInspected 24 September 2024Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
89
How many families wanted this school first?
103
How many got their first choice?
83of 103 (80.6%)
How many applied in total?
260

Pupils & Inclusion

Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
159 girls, 163 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

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