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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in BN1, Brighton and Hove

7 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BN1, the nearest being Windlesham School at 0.7 mi, 2 of them selective, 1 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School Distance Ages Takes
Windlesham School 0.7 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Kings Brighton 0.9 mi 14 to 19 Secondary
Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove 0.9 mi 3 to 13 Primary
Anglican
Brighton Girls GDST 1.2 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Girls
The Montessori Place 1.3 mi 1 to 19 All-through
Brighton College 1.7 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Selective
Brighton College Prep School 1.8 mi 3 to 12 Primary
Selective
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Windlesham School are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

BN1 also holds 31 state primary and 6 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BN1 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BN1.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BN1?

7 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BN1, Brighton and Hove, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in BN1 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are private schools in BN1 selective?

2 of the 7 select on ability at entry, according to their admissions policy on the register. The rest do not, though most fee-paying schools still assess applicants in some way.

Are there single-sex private schools in BN1?

1 of the 7 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.