St Mark's CofE Primary School
About the school
St Mark's CofE Primary School is an open primary school in Brighton and Hove.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 March 2025
- Published
- 28 April 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 33%
- Brighton and Hove
- 60%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Brighton and Hove
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 50%
- Brighton and Hove
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 46%
- Brighton and Hove
- 71%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 42%
- Brighton and Hove
- 71%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 46%
- Brighton and Hove
- 71%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 8%
- Brighton and Hove
- 26%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Brighton and Hove
- 85%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Brighton and Hove
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Brighton and Hove
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Brighton and Hove
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
156
Girls
46.79%
Boys
53.21%
SEN support
27.56%
Education, health and care plan
10.26%
English as an additional language
36.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
59.62%
Overall absence
8.35
Persistent absence
24.22