Tarnerland Nursery School
Tarnerland Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Brighton for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 87 pupils. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted visited in April 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Sussex Street, Brighton, BN2 0GR01273 658100tarnerland.brighton-hove.sch.ukMrs Louise Collings headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 21 April 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next |
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: language and communications needs (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), emotional and mental health (1), Vision impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 87 | 92 | 104 | 116 | 107 | 101 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 24% | 23% | 17% | 19% | 31% | 31% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 24% | 19% | 13% | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 11% | 20% | 33% | 31% | 16% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Hill Primary School | Council | 110 m | 215 | Good 2024 | 57 | Compare |
| Royal Spa Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 270 m | 85 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Queen's Park Primary School | Council | 370 m | 286 | Requires improvement 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| Kings Brighton | Independent | 700 m | 79 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Luke's Primary School | Council | 700 m | 622 | No overall grade 2025 | 61 | Compare |
| Brighton College | Independent (grammar) | 750 m | 1,450 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Brighton College Prep School | Independent (grammar) | 840 m | 370 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children | Non-maintained special | 890 m | 18 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Tarnerland Nursery School a good school?
Tarnerland Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from April 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is Tarnerland Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 21 April 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does Tarnerland Nursery School have?
87 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Sussex Street, Brighton, BN2 0GR
- Telephone
- 01273 658100
- Website
- www.tarnerland.brighton-hove.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Collings
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Ward
- Queen's Park
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114350 · LAESTAB 8461001
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.
- 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.