Schools Near Brighton City Centre (BN1)
Ofsted-rated primary and secondary schools within 3km of BN1. Check ratings, distances, and school types.
Which schools serve Brighton City Centre (BN1)?
With 16 primary and secondary schools mapped within 1.5km of its centre (OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-04), BN1 has the 4th most of the 10 outcodes in the South that HomeThink covers.
What do the Ofsted ratings shown for BN1 schools mean?
Of the 14 schools within 1.5km of the BN1 centre that we matched to an Ofsted record, 0 are rated Outstanding and 9 Good at their last graded inspection, and 5 have no current grade because Ofsted stopped giving single-word judgements in September 2024. Inspections can be years apart, so treat a rating as the last formal verdict rather than a description of the school today.
How do I check the school catchment for a BN1 address?
Enter the full postcode into the checker above. Catchment areas change year to year, so always confirm with the school or local authority before relying on it.
BN1 at a glance
OpenStreetMap maps 16 primary and secondary schools within 1.5km of the BN1 centre (12 primary and 4 secondary). The nearest is Downs Junior School, 0.5km away.
- Primary and secondary schools within 1.5km
- 16
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 4
- Rated Good
- 9
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downs Junior School | Primary | Good | 0.5km |
| Balfour Primary School | Primary | Good | 0.6km |
| Downs Infant School | Primary | No current grade | 0.6km |
| Dorothy Stringer School | Secondary | Good | 0.7km |
| Varndean School | Secondary | Good | 0.8km |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Primary | No current grade | 0.9km |
| Stanford Junior School | Primary | Rating unavailable | 1km |
| Stanford Infant School | Primary | Good | 1km |
| Windlesham School | Primary | Good | 1.1km |
| Hertford Primary School | Primary | No current grade | 1.2km |
| Fairlight Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Good | 1.3km |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Good | 1.3km |
Distances are straight-line from the outcode centre, not walking routes, and are not catchment areas — admissions are decided by each school or local authority.
"No current grade" means Ofsted inspected the school but, since September 2024, no longer gives single-word judgements; "Rating unavailable" means we could not match the school to an Ofsted record.
Source: School locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), within 1.5km of the BN1 centroid; ratings from Ofsted's published inspection records, as read on 2026-10-04.
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