Schools and Education in Stanmer

There are 101 schools within 5 miles of Stanmer town centre, including 51 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Moulsecoomb Children's Centre, Hollingdean Sure Start Children's Centre and Downs View Special School. Parents should note that 6 schools have a rating below Good, it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
101
Primary
51
Secondary
10
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

11
54
Outstanding (11) Good (54) Requires Improvement (5) Inadequate (1) Not yet inspected (30)
Moulsecoomb Children's Centre 1.3 miles The Highway, Brighton, BN2 4SE Inspected: 13 July 2012 Hollingdean Sure Start Children's Centre 1.8 miles Brentwood Road, Brighton, BN1 7DY Inspected: 18 August 2011 Downs View Special School Not applicable 2.6 miles Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6BB Inspected: 22 July 2025 Roundabout Children's Centre 3.1 miles Whitehawk Road, Brighton, BN2 5FL Inspected: 23 January 2013 Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College 16 plus 3.2 miles Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG Inspected: 06 February 2023 Tarner Children's Centre 3.3 miles Richmond Parade, Brighton, BN2 9QE Inspected: 24 March 2011 Tarnerland Nursery School Nursery 3.3 miles St John's Place, Brighton, BN2 0GR Inspected: 20 October 2023 Royal Spa Nursery School Nursery 3.4 miles Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT Inspected: 11 June 2024 The Montessori Place Not applicable 3.6 miles Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 3ER Inspected: 02 October 2025 Conway Court Children's Centre 4 miles Clarendon Road, Clarendon Road, Hove, BN3 3WR Inspected: 08 December 2011 Brighton and Hove Clinic School Not applicable 4.3 miles New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4FH Inspected: 19 June 2024
Coldean Primary School Primary 0.5 miles Kenwards, Coldean, Brighton, BN1 9EN Inspected: 02 February 2023 Hollingbury and Patcham Children's Centre 1.2 miles County Oak Avenue, County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU Inspected: 01 November 2011 Carden Nursery and Primary School Primary 1.2 miles County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU Inspected: 11 November 2021 Patcham High School Secondary 1.8 miles Ladies' Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8PB Inspected: 15 June 2023 Central Hub Brighton Not applicable 1.8 miles Lynchet Close, Brighton, BN1 7FP Inspected: 14 May 2024 Patcham Junior School Primary 1.8 miles Ladies' Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8TA Inspected: 12 November 2024 Patcham Infant School Primary 2 miles Highview Avenue South, Brighton, BN1 8WW Inspected: 19 January 2023 Varndean School Secondary 2 miles Balfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NP Inspected: 16 November 2022 University of Brighton Not applicable 2 miles Lewes Road, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4AT Inspected: 23 April 2025 Varndean College 16 plus 2.1 miles Mulberry Close, Brighton, BN1 6WQ Inspected: 13 May 2024 Coombe Road Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Milner Road, Brighton, BN2 4BP Inspected: 22 March 2023 Balfour Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Balfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NE Inspected: 19 January 2024 Dorothy Stringer School Secondary 2.2 miles Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ Inspected: 21 November 2023 Downs Junior School Primary 2.5 miles Rugby Road, Brighton, BN1 6ED Inspected: 12 December 2023 St Martin's CofE Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Hartington Road, Brighton, BN2 3LJ Inspected: 02 July 2024 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Preston Road, Withdean, Brighton, BN1 6UT Inspected: 14 January 2022 Fairlight Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Saint Leonard's Road, Brighton, BN2 3AJ Inspected: 18 July 2024 City View Children's Centre 2.7 miles Elm Grove, Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3EW Inspected: 19 October 2012 Elm Grove Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3ES Inspected: 07 March 2023 Plumpton College 16 plus 2.9 miles Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AE Inspected: 20 May 2024 Stanford Junior School Primary 3 miles Stanford Road, Brighton, BN1 5PR Inspected: 25 April 2024 Stanford Infant School Primary 3 miles Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5PS Inspected: 28 June 2022 Kings Brighton Not applicable 3 miles Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 4SB Inspected: 13 December 2022 The Dean's Children's Centre 3 miles Chalkland Rise, Chalkland Rise, Brighton, BN2 6RH Inspected: 13 December 2012 Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery Primary 3 miles Chalkland Rise, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6RH Inspected: 30 June 2022 City Academy Whitehawk Primary 3.1 miles Whitehawk Road, Whitehawk, Brighton, BN2 5FL Inspected: 19 June 2024 Windlesham School Not applicable 3.1 miles Dyke Road, BRIGHTON, BN1 5AA Inspected: 02 July 2014 Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles The Upper Drive, Hove, BN3 6NB Inspected: 19 May 2023 Carlton Hill Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Sussex Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 9HS Inspected: 07 March 2024 Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children Not applicable 3.4 miles Walpole Road, Brighton, BN2 0LS Inspected: 16 June 2025 St. John's College (Brighton) Not applicable 3.4 miles Walpole Road, Brighton, BN2 0AF Inspected: 31 July 2024 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Primary 3.6 miles The Droveway, Hove, Brighton and Hove, BN3 7QA Inspected: 27 January 2022 St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Spring Street, Brighton, BN1 3EF Inspected: 10 September 2025 Aldrington CofE Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Eridge Road, Hove, BN3 7QD Inspected: 14 January 2022 The Windmills Junior School Primary 3.8 miles Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LS Inspected: 09 December 2021 Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Wellgreen Lane, Kingston, Lewes, BN7 3NR Inspected: 27 January 2025 Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary 3.8 miles Nevill Road, Hove, BN3 7BN Inspected: 04 February 2022 Blatchington Mill School Secondary 3.9 miles Court Farm Road, Hove, BN3 7BW Inspected: 06 May 2022 Oxford International College, Brighton Not applicable 3.9 miles Greenways, Greenways, Brighton, BN2 7BA Inspected: 02 February 2024 Downlands Community School Secondary 3.9 miles Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP Inspected: 24 November 2022 King's School Secondary 4 miles Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN Inspected: 26 May 2022 St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Belfast Street, Hove, BN3 3YT Inspected: 11 December 2024 Hangleton Park Children's Centre 4.1 miles Harmsworth Crescent, Harmsworth Road, Hove, BN3 8BW Inspected: 09 November 2012 Compass Community School Pinetree Park Not applicable 4.3 miles Kingston Road, Lewes, Lewes, BN7 3NF Inspected: 26 September 2025 Hassocks Infant School Primary 4.3 miles Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY Inspected: 15 March 2022 Goldstone Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Laburnum Avenue, Hove, BN3 7JW Inspected: 27 September 2023 The Lioncare School Not applicable 4.3 miles Payne Avenue, Hove, BN3 5HD Inspected: 04 December 2024 Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.4 miles Gundreda Road, Lewes, BN7 1PU Inspected: 14 November 2022 West Hove Children's Centre 4.5 miles Portland Road, Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA Inspected: 13 December 2012 Plumpton Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Southdowns, Plumpton Green, Lewes, BN7 3EB Inspected: 16 June 2023 Southover CofE Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Potter's Lane, Lewes, BN7 1JP Inspected: 12 March 2024 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School Primary 4.8 miles The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA Inspected: 29 April 2024 St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean Primary 4.9 miles Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HB Inspected: 10 June 2025 Hamsey Community Primary School Primary 4.9 miles A275, Lewes, BN8 4SJ Inspected: 10 September 2024
Downs View Life Skills College Not applicable 2.1 miles Greatham Court, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8XR Inspected: 19 July 2024 Queen's Park Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Freshfield Place, Brighton, BN2 0BN Inspected: 20 October 2023 St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles St Nicholas Road, Brighton, BN1 3LP Inspected: 14 June 2023 Brunswick Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1RP Inspected: 12 July 2024 Longhill High School Secondary 3.9 miles Falmer Road, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FR Inspected: 14 October 2025
Drive Preparatory School 3.6 miles Wilbury Avenue, Hove, BN3 6GE Inspected: 01 July 2025
University of Sussex Not applicable 0.8 miles A27, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Secondary 1 miles Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW Moulsecoomb Primary School Primary 1.4 miles The Highway, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, BN2 4PA Hertford Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Lynchet Close, Brighton, BN1 7FP Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primary 1.9 miles Heath Hill Avenue, Lower Bevendean, Brighton, BN2 4JP Downs Infant School Primary 2.5 miles Florence Place, Brighton, BN1 6JA Woodingdean Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6BB Westdene Children's Centre 2.6 miles Bank Side, Bankside, Brighton, BN1 5GN Westdene Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Bank Side, Westdene, Brighton, BN1 5GN Preston Park Children's Centre 2.6 miles Florence Road, Between 8 and 10 Florence Road, Brighton, BN1 6DJ Team Domenica Not applicable 2.9 miles Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 4QE St Luke's Primary School Primary 3 miles Queens Park Rise, Brighton, BN2 9ZF Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove Not applicable 3.1 miles The Droveway, Hove, BN3 6LU Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary 3.3 miles The Upper Drive, Hove, BN3 6ND St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Whitehawk Hill Road, Brighton, BN2 0AH Brighton College Not applicable 3.4 miles Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Lewes Road, Ditchling, BN6 8TU St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Manor Road, Brighton, BN2 5EA Brighton Girls GDST Not applicable 3.6 miles Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3AT Brighton College Prep School Not applicable 3.6 miles St Mark's Street, Brighton, BN2 5JJ Middle Street Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Middle Street, Middle Street Primary School, Brighton, BN1 1AL Inspected: 12 July 2024 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Primary 4 miles Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN Roedean School Not applicable 4 miles Roedean Way, Brighton, BN2 5RQ Hangleton Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Dale View, Hove, BN3 8LF St Christopher's School Not applicable 4.4 miles New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4AD Hove Junior School Primary 4.5 miles Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA West Hove Infant School Primary 4.5 miles Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA Lewes Old Grammar School Not applicable 4.8 miles High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS Western Road Community Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1JB Benfield Primary School Primary 5 miles Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XS