Schools and Education in Whitehawk

There are 100 schools within 5 miles of Whitehawk town centre, including 49 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Roundabout Children's Centre, Royal Spa Nursery School and Tarnerland Nursery School. There are 6 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
100
Primary
49
Secondary
9
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

12
53
Outstanding (12) Good (53) Requires Improvement (5) Inadequate (1) Not yet inspected (29)
Roundabout Children's Centre 144 yards Whitehawk Road, Brighton, BN2 5FL Inspected: 23 January 2013 Royal Spa Nursery School Nursery 1 miles Park Hill, Brighton, BN2 0BT Inspected: 11 June 2024 Tarnerland Nursery School Nursery 1.1 miles St John's Place, Brighton, BN2 0GR Inspected: 20 October 2023 Tarner Children's Centre 1.2 miles Richmond Parade, Brighton, BN2 9QE Inspected: 24 March 2011 Downs View Special School Not applicable 1.5 miles Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6BB Inspected: 22 July 2025 Moulsecoomb Children's Centre 1.8 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 Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College 16 plus 2.1 miles Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG Inspected: 06 February 2023 The Montessori Place Not applicable 2.5 miles Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 3ER Inspected: 02 October 2025 Conway Court Children's Centre 3.2 miles Clarendon Road, Clarendon Road, Hove, BN3 3WR Inspected: 08 December 2011 Brighton and Hove Clinic School Not applicable 3.2 miles New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4FH Inspected: 19 June 2024 Hill Park School Not applicable 5 miles Foredown Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2FU Inspected: 21 July 2022
City Academy Whitehawk Primary 144 yards Whitehawk Road, Whitehawk, Brighton, BN2 5FL Inspected: 19 June 2024 City View Children's Centre 0.6 miles Elm Grove, Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3EW Inspected: 19 October 2012 St. John's College (Brighton) Not applicable 0.6 miles Walpole Road, Brighton, BN2 0AF Inspected: 31 July 2024 Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children Not applicable 0.6 miles Walpole Road, Brighton, BN2 0LS Inspected: 16 June 2025 Elm Grove Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2 3ES Inspected: 07 March 2023 St Martin's CofE Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Hartington Road, Brighton, BN2 3LJ Inspected: 02 July 2024 Fairlight Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Saint Leonard's Road, Brighton, BN2 3AJ Inspected: 18 July 2024 Carlton Hill Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Sussex Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 9HS Inspected: 07 March 2024 Coombe Road Primary School Primary 1.2 miles Milner Road, Brighton, BN2 4BP Inspected: 22 March 2023 Kings Brighton Not applicable 1.3 miles Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 4SB Inspected: 13 December 2022 University of Brighton Not applicable 1.4 miles Lewes Road, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4AT Inspected: 23 April 2025 Oxford International College, Brighton Not applicable 1.4 miles Greenways, Greenways, Brighton, BN2 7BA Inspected: 02 February 2024 Downs Junior School Primary 1.6 miles Rugby Road, Brighton, BN1 6ED Inspected: 12 December 2023 Central Hub Brighton Not applicable 1.7 miles Lynchet Close, Brighton, BN1 7FP Inspected: 14 May 2024 St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Spring Street, Brighton, BN1 3EF Inspected: 10 September 2025 The Dean's Children's Centre 1.9 miles Chalkland Rise, Chalkland Rise, Brighton, BN2 6RH Inspected: 13 December 2012 Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery Primary 1.9 miles Chalkland Rise, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6RH Inspected: 30 June 2022 Stanford Junior School Primary 2 miles Stanford Road, Brighton, BN1 5PR Inspected: 25 April 2024 Balfour Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Balfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NE Inspected: 19 January 2024 Stanford Infant School Primary 2.2 miles Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5PS Inspected: 28 June 2022 Varndean School Secondary 2.2 miles Balfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NP Inspected: 16 November 2022 Windlesham School Not applicable 2.2 miles Dyke Road, BRIGHTON, BN1 5AA Inspected: 02 July 2014 Dorothy Stringer School Secondary 2.3 miles Loder Road, Brighton, BN1 6PZ Inspected: 21 November 2023 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School Primary 2.4 miles The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA Inspected: 29 April 2024 Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.4 miles The Upper Drive, Hove, BN3 6NB Inspected: 19 May 2023 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Preston Road, Withdean, Brighton, BN1 6UT Inspected: 14 January 2022 Varndean College 16 plus 2.5 miles Mulberry Close, Brighton, BN1 6WQ Inspected: 13 May 2024 St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean Primary 2.5 miles Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HB Inspected: 10 June 2025 Coldean Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Kenwards, Coldean, Brighton, BN1 9EN Inspected: 02 February 2023 Hollingbury and Patcham Children's Centre 2.9 miles County Oak Avenue, County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU Inspected: 01 November 2011 Carden Nursery and Primary School Primary 2.9 miles County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LU Inspected: 11 November 2021 St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary 3 miles Belfast Street, Hove, BN3 3YT Inspected: 11 December 2024 Patcham High School Secondary 3.1 miles Ladies' Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8PB Inspected: 15 June 2023 Patcham Infant School Primary 3.1 miles Highview Avenue South, Brighton, BN1 8WW Inspected: 19 January 2023 Saltdean Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Chiltington Way, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8HB Inspected: 10 June 2024 Patcham Junior School Primary 3.2 miles Ladies' Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8TA Inspected: 12 November 2024 Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Primary 3.3 miles The Droveway, Hove, Brighton and Hove, BN3 7QA Inspected: 27 January 2022 Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary 3.4 miles Nevill Road, Hove, BN3 7BN Inspected: 04 February 2022 Aldrington CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Eridge Road, Hove, BN3 7QD Inspected: 14 January 2022 The Lioncare School Not applicable 3.7 miles Payne Avenue, Hove, BN3 5HD Inspected: 04 December 2024 Blatchington Mill School Secondary 3.7 miles Court Farm Road, Hove, BN3 7BW Inspected: 06 May 2022 West Hove Children's Centre 3.7 miles Portland Road, Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA Inspected: 13 December 2012 Goldstone Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Laburnum Avenue, Hove, BN3 7JW Inspected: 27 September 2023 King's School Secondary 4.2 miles Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN Inspected: 26 May 2022 Hangleton Park Children's Centre 4.3 miles Harmsworth Crescent, Harmsworth Road, Hove, BN3 8BW Inspected: 09 November 2012 Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Wellgreen Lane, Kingston, Lewes, BN7 3NR Inspected: 27 January 2025 South Portslade Children's Centre 4.6 miles Old Shoreham Road, 233 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, BN41 1XR Inspected: 29 March 2012 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Church Street, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1LB Inspected: 20 October 2023 Compass Community School Pinetree Park Not applicable 4.8 miles Kingston Road, Lewes, Lewes, BN7 3NF Inspected: 26 September 2025 Northease Manor School Not applicable 4.9 miles Newhaven Road, Lewes, BN7 3EY Inspected: 23 April 2018 Brackenbury Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Locks Hill, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2LA Inspected: 09 May 2022 St Nicolas CofE Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Locks Hill, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2LA Inspected: 13 January 2023 Peacehaven Children's Centre 5 miles Meridian Way, Peacehaven, BN10 8NF Inspected: 03 December 2012
Queen's Park Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Freshfield Place, Brighton, BN2 0BN Inspected: 20 October 2023 St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary 1.7 miles St Nicholas Road, Brighton, BN1 3LP Inspected: 14 June 2023 Longhill High School Secondary 1.7 miles Falmer Road, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FR Inspected: 14 October 2025 Brunswick Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1RP Inspected: 12 July 2024 Downs View Life Skills College Not applicable 3.3 miles Greatham Court, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8XR Inspected: 19 July 2024
Drive Preparatory School 2.8 miles Wilbury Avenue, Hove, BN3 6GE Inspected: 01 July 2025
St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary 0.4 miles Manor Road, Brighton, BN2 5EA St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primary 0.5 miles Whitehawk Hill Road, Brighton, BN2 0AH Brighton College Prep School Not applicable 0.6 miles St Mark's Street, Brighton, BN2 5JJ St Luke's Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Queens Park Rise, Brighton, BN2 9ZF Brighton College Not applicable 0.7 miles Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL Roedean School Not applicable 1.2 miles Roedean Way, Brighton, BN2 5RQ Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primary 1.2 miles Heath Hill Avenue, Lower Bevendean, Brighton, BN2 4JP Woodingdean Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6BB Downs Infant School Primary 1.5 miles Florence Place, Brighton, BN1 6JA Middle Street Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Middle Street, Middle Street Primary School, Brighton, BN1 1AL Inspected: 12 July 2024 Preston Park Children's Centre 1.7 miles Florence Road, Between 8 and 10 Florence Road, Brighton, BN1 6DJ Team Domenica Not applicable 1.7 miles Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 4QE Moulsecoomb Primary School Primary 1.7 miles The Highway, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, BN2 4PA Hertford Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Lynchet Close, Brighton, BN1 7FP Brighton Girls GDST Not applicable 2 miles Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3AT Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Secondary 2.4 miles Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary 2.4 miles The Upper Drive, Hove, BN3 6ND Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove Not applicable 2.6 miles The Droveway, Hove, BN3 6LU University of Sussex Not applicable 2.9 miles A27, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH St Christopher's School Not applicable 3.4 miles New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4AD Westdene Children's Centre 3.5 miles Bank Side, Bankside, Brighton, BN1 5GN Westdene Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Bank Side, Westdene, Brighton, BN1 5GN Hove Junior School Primary 3.7 miles Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA West Hove Infant School Primary 3.7 miles Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA Hangleton Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Dale View, Hove, BN3 8LF West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.2 miles Hangleton Way, Hove, BN3 8BN Telscombe Cliffs Academy Primary 4.4 miles Telscombe Cliffs Way, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven, BN10 7DE Benfield Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XS Peacehaven Heights Academy Primary 4.8 miles Hoddern Avenue, Peacehaven, BN10 7QY