# Hove Junior School

Hove Junior School is a primary school in Brighton and Hove, for pupils aged 7 to 11.

It had 671 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E114403. [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 7 to 11
- Pupils: 671
- Council: Brighton and Hove
- URN: 114403

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 17 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- 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, 76% of pupils at Hove Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Brighton and Hove and 62% in England.
9% 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 | 76% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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.

- [West Hove Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-hove-infant-school-e114428): 10 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- [The Lioncare School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-lioncare-school-e131356): 330 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St Christopher's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-christophers-school-e114639): 750 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Goldstone Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/goldstone-primary-school-e114398): 810 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brighton and Hove Clinic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-and-hove-clinic-school-e146036): 990 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hove-park-school-and-sixth-form-centre-e114607): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/114403)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/114403)

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