St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School
Spring Street
Brighton BN1 3EF
01273 327533
Voluntary aided, Roman Catholic
Pupils (3-11) 229
Absence 4.7%
Free school meals 19.5%
Special needs 2.2% (23.1%)
English not as first language 57.6%
KS2 pupils 31
Level 5 6% (42 of 44)
Level 4 81% (28= of 44)
Reading 90%
Writing 87%
Mathematics 87%
2014
KS2 pupils 32
Level 5 25% (20 of 44)
Level 4 75% (31 of 44)
Reading 93%
Writing 90%
Mathematics 86%
2013
Level 5 9% (36= of 43)
Level 4 56% (41 of 43)
Headteacher Halden Eady
Chair Margaret McHugh
Overall effectiveness Requires improvement
"Pupils' results in all subjects are too low, including at the higher levels."; "Early Years Foundation Stage leaders' expectations of children's learning and progress are too low. They do not plan children's learning carefully enough."; "Teaching, while considerably improved, is not yet consistently good. The raised quality of teaching has not yet led to high enough results. Pupils of all different abilities, including the more able, do not always receive enough challenge to enable them to achieve well."; "Recent improvements to leadership and management have invigorated the school. The headteacher, other leaders and governors have substantially raised expectations of teaching and pupils' learning. As a result, pupils across most of the school now make rapid progress in all subjects."