Downs Junior School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Brighton, BN1 6ED
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Downs Infant School
Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JA
Local ranking45th of 46 primary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
300
Capacity
5-7
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 322
- Boys
- 163 (51%)
- Girls
- 159 (49%)
- Capacity
- 300 (107% full)
- SEND
- 9.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.5%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.7%
- SEN Support
- 5.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,688/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.8%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Asian Indian: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Other: 1.6%
70.8%
White British
7.5%
White Other
5.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ditchling Road
Brighton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114367
- UKPRN
- 10076458
- Establishment No.
- 2010
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