Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up High Demand emoji_events #24 in Brighton and Hove public Top 60% UK

St Luke's Primary School

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personMr Simon Wattam

location_onBrighton, BN2 9ZF

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2025

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Students

626

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Expected Standard

60%

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Demand Ratio

1.5x

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St Luke's Primary School is a Community school primary school in Brighton, serving ages 4-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Highly competitive: 1.5× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 60% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Luke's Primary School is a community school in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 625 pupils on roll, of whom 19% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 1% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #24 of 43 primaries in Brighton and Hove and #9,704 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.5× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 55%

Reading80% LA 71%

Writing70% LA 67%

Maths73% LA 66%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

66%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading84% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing83% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths72% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

77%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading83% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 66% · Eng 71%

Maths82% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

110

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.4

Read

LA 0.5

1.1 to 3.8

1.4

Write

LA -0.7

0.1 to 2.7

-0.5

Maths

LA -0.8

-1.7 to 0.8

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

79%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading85% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing93% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths90% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.2

Read

LA 0.3

0.9 to 3.5

1.8

Write

LA -0.3

0.6 to 3.0

1.4

Maths

LA -0.6

0.3 to 2.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 63%

Reading86% LA 76%

Writing89% LA 75%

Maths76% LA 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.7

Read

LA 0.6

-0.6 to 2

-0.1

Write

LA -0.6

-1.3 to 1.1

0.1

Maths

LA -0.3

-1.1 to 1.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

11 March 2025

Inspection Report

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09 October 2013

Inspection Report

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10 November 2010

Inspection Report

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26 June 2007

Inspection Report

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20 January 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-03-11

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Good

2013-10-09

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2010-11-10

None EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 625 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	625	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	620	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	620	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	627	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	621	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	622	2	0.3%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	626	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	627	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	629	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	628	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	623	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	629	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	627	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	624	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	629	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	629	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	628	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	620	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	625	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	625	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	624	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	628	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	631	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	632	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	631	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	626	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 54 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 23 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 19 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Physical Disability 3 pupils

Visual Impairment 2 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils