# St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School

St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Brighton and Hove, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 193 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E114541. [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 193
- Council: Brighton and Hove
- URN: 114541

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, June 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 25 June 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, 61% of pupils at St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Brighton and Hove and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 61% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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 Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e114543): 350 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brighton Girls GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-girls-gdst-e114658): 360 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Middle Street Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/middle-street-primary-school-e114369): 620 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brunswick Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brunswick-primary-school-e114446): 830 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-hove-and-sussex-sixth-form-college-e130669): 1 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Kings Brighton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-brighton-e143046): 1.2 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/114541)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/114541)

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