Carden Nursery and Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Sept 29 2021 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Unique reference
- 131789
- Address
- County Oak Avenue, BN1 8LU
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 366 (79% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.1%
- Girls
- 48.9%
- First language not English
- 13.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 41%
- Persistent absence
- 19.7%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 23.2%
White British 69.4%
Mixed 10.7%
Other 4.4%
Other White 3.6%
Irish Traveller 3%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Indian 1.6%
Other Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
African 1.4%
Other Black 1.1%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAbove average2.1
WritingAbove average1.9
MathsAverage0.4
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 51%
Local authority average 59%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 1%
Local authority average 5%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 104
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 101
Local authority average 104
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Carden Nursery and Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 39
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 35
- 2nd preference
- 24
- 3rd preference
- 28
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 35
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.9 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 24.2 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 23.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 15 6 9 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 10 7 3 |
| Reception, Full-time | 47 21 26 |
| Year 1 | 32 15 17 |
| Year 2 | 52 28 24 |
| Year 3 | 50 21 29 |
| Year 4 | 67 39 28 |
| Year 5 | 51 28 23 |
| Year 6 | 42 22 20 |