Brighton and Hove

Who these dates actually bind

Since 2013, academies, free schools, voluntary aided and foundation schools have set their own term dates. Only community and voluntary controlled schools must follow the council. In Brighton and Hove that splits like this.

We don’t have Brighton and Hove’s term dates yet

When we have them they will apply to the 35 community and voluntary controlled schools below.

Schools in Brighton and Hove

Largest first. 75 in total.

1. Cardinal Newman Catholic School Voluntary aided school · Hove Sets own dates 2,657 pupils
2. Dorothy Stringer School Community school · Brighton Follows council 1,626 pupils
3. Blatchington Mill School Community school · Hove Follows council 1,622 pupils
4. Varndean School Community school · Brighton Follows council 1,487 pupils
5. Brighton College Other independent school · Brighton Sets own dates 1,450 pupils
6. Patcham High School Community school · Brighton Follows council 1,074 pupils
7. Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Community school · Hove Follows council 941 pupils
8. King's School Free schools · Hove Sets own dates 925 pupils
9. Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Academy sponsor led · Brighton Sets own dates 910 pupils
10. Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Academy sponsor led · Brighton Sets own dates 808 pupils
11. Balfour Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 695 pupils
12. Hove Junior School Community school · Hove Follows council 671 pupils
13. Goldstone Primary School Community school · Hove Follows council 659 pupils
14. St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School Voluntary aided school · Hove Sets own dates 648 pupils
15. Longhill High School Community school · Brighton Follows council 632 pupils
16. St Luke's Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 622 pupils
17. Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove Free schools · Brighton and Hove Sets own dates 614 pupils
18. Brunswick Primary School Community school · Hove Follows council 586 pupils
19. Saltdean Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 533 pupils
20. Roedean School Other independent school · Brighton Sets own dates 519 pupils
21. West Hove Infant School Community school · Hove Follows council 506 pupils
22. Downs Junior School Community school · Brighton Follows council 495 pupils
23. Westdene Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 445 pupils
24. Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Hove Sets own dates 436 pupils
25. St Nicolas CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 416 pupils
26. Aldrington CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Hove Sets own dates 412 pupils
27. Brighton Girls GDST Other independent school Sets own dates 405 pupils
28. Elm Grove Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 404 pupils
29. Fairlight Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 393 pupils
30. Brighton College Prep School Other independent school · Brighton Sets own dates 370 pupils
31. Carden Nursery and Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 359 pupils
32. Hangleton Primary School Academy converter · Hove Sets own dates 353 pupils
33. Patcham Junior School Community school · Brighton Follows council 353 pupils
34. Mile Oak Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 342 pupils
35. City Academy Whitehawk Academy sponsor led · Brighton Sets own dates 323 pupils
36. Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Community school · Brighton Follows council 317 pupils
37. Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery Community school · Brighton Follows council 312 pupils
38. Coldean Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 309 pupils
39. Downs Infant School Community school · Brighton Follows council 289 pupils
40. Queen's Park Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 286 pupils
41. Hill Park School Community special school · Brighton Follows council 283 pupils
42. Patcham Infant School Community school · Brighton Follows council 272 pupils
43. Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove Other independent school · Hove Sets own dates 262 pupils
44. Downs View Special School Community special school · Brighton Follows council 224 pupils
45. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 220 pupils
46. West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Academy converter · Hove Sets own dates 216 pupils
47. Carlton Hill Primary School Community school · BRIGHTON Follows council 215 pupils
48. St Martin's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 212 pupils
49. Our Lady of Lourdes RC School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 210 pupils
50. Benfield Primary School Academy converter · Brighton Sets own dates 209 pupils
51. St Mary's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 208 pupils
52. Hertford Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 205 pupils
53. Moulsecoomb Primary School Academy sponsor led · Brighton Sets own dates 205 pupils
54. St Christopher's School Other independent school · Hove Sets own dates 200 pupils
55. Stanford Infant School Community school · Brighton Follows council 197 pupils
56. Peter Gladwin Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 195 pupils
57. St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 193 pupils
58. St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 193 pupils
59. Brackenbury Primary School Community school · Brighton Follows council 185 pupils
60. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean Voluntary aided school · Brighton Sets own dates 172 pupils

About this page

Establishment data from Get Information about Schools, as at 31 August 2026. The split between bound and self-setting schools is derived from each school’s establishment type, not estimated.

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Point us at the official term dates for Brighton and Hove and they will be published here, credited to the council.