Central Hub Brighton
Central Hub Brighton is a pupil referral unit in Brighton for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 114 pupils, 60 more than it has places for. About 82 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Lynchet Close, Brighton, BN1 7FP01273 542050chb.org.ukHeadteacher Tim Self headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 26 March 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Brighton and Hove council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (84), Autistic spectrum disorder (10), language and communications needs (9), Specific learning difficulty (6), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Severe learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 114 | 106 | 86 | 88 | 85 | 83 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 82% | 75% | 72% | 74% | 62% | 55% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 10% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 58% | 66% | 69% | 69% | 80% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 43% | 34% | 31% | 26% | 21% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 48 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 30%, compared with 53% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 38% | 59% | 55% |
| Education | 31% | 48% | 41% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 0% | 8% |
| Work | 4% | 11% | 6% |
| Not in education, work or training | 38% | 30% | 35% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertford Primary School | Council | 40 m | 205 | No overall grade 2025 | 19 | Compare |
| University of Brighton | Higher education institutions | 630 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Coombe Road Primary School | Academy | 960 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Varndean School | Council | 990 m | 1,487 | Good 2022 | 68 | Compare |
| Moulsecoomb Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 205 | No overall grade 2024 | 19 | Compare |
| Balfour Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 695 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
| Downs Junior School | Council | 0.7 miles | 495 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| Downs Infant School | Council | 0.8 miles | 289 | No overall grade 2024 | 27 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Central Hub Brighton a good school?
Central Hub Brighton doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in March 2024.
What is Central Hub Brighton's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Central Hub Brighton good at its last full inspection on 26 March 2024.
How many pupils does Central Hub Brighton have?
114 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 54 places, so it is 211% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lynchet Close, Brighton, BN1 7FP
- Telephone
- 01273 542050
- Website
- www.chb.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Tim Self
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward
- Hollingdean & Fiveways
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 12 August 2012 (new provision)
- URN
- 138565 · LAESTAB 8461105 · UKPRN 10044381
- Formerly
- The Connected Hub
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.