# St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean is a primary school in Brighton and Hove, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 172 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E114537. [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 172
- Council: Brighton and Hove
- URN: 114537

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 30 April 2025
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, 65% of pupils at St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Brighton and Hove and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 65% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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.

- [Our Lady of Lourdes RC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-lourdes-rc-school-e114544): 270 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2024. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Saltdean Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saltdean-primary-school-e114479): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Longhill High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longhill-high-school-e114581): 1.6 km. Secondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 36.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oxford International College, Brighton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oxford-international-college-brighton-e149337): 1.9 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## 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/114537)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/114537)

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