St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided schoolPrimaryAges 4–11MixedRoman Catholic

Church Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1LB

Headteacher · Mrs Sarah Clayton

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 18 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils208Capacity 218

OfstedSchool remains Good (Improving)Inspected 21 September 2023

Free school meals26.9%

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 21 September 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Brighton and Hove council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 25 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered28

Applications74

First choice25

First-choice offers25

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).