Hove Junior School

Brighton and HoveCommunity school

Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA

Headteacher: Mrs Madeleine SouthernSchool website ↗Pupils: 673 (capacity: 768)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected June 2025
76%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected June 2025

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 17 June 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

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

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

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
76.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
9.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 90%·Writing 83%·Maths 85%All three 76%
Reading
Expected90%
Exceeding56%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding13%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected85%
Exceeding42%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
23.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
19.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
20.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
335 girls, 338 boys

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 79% (2016/17), currently 76%

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

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1668.0%10.0%+1.1-0.5-1.2
2016/1779.0%19.0%+3.20.0+0.1
2017/1875.0%10.0%+0.9-2.8-1.2
2018/1972.0%13.0%+2.2-0.1-0.1
2022/2376.0%12.0%+3.1+1.5+1.7
2023/2472.0%9.0%---
2024/2576.0%9.0%---