# City Academy Whitehawk

City Academy Whitehawk is a primary school in Brighton and Hove, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 323 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E139677. [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 323
- Council: Brighton and Hove
- URN: 139677

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 57% of pupils at City Academy Whitehawk met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Brighton and Hove and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Brighton and Hove | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Mark's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marks-cofe-primary-school-e114545): 710 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-the-baptist-catholic-primary-school-e114540): 710 m. Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Luke's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lukes-primary-school-e114374): 940 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St. John's College (Brighton)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-college-brighton-e132016): 950 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamilton-lodge-school-and-college-for-deaf-children-e114619): 1 km. Special. Standards maintained, April 2025
- [Elm Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elm-grove-primary-school-e114477): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139677)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139677)

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