• About
    • Ethics policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Ownership, funding and corrections
    • Complaints procedure
    • Terms & Conditions
  • Contact
  • Support
  • Newsletter
Brighton and Hove News
8 July, 2025
  • News
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Opinion
    • Community
  • Arts and Culture
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Food and Drink
  • Sport
    • Brighton and Hove Albion
    • Cricket
  • Newsletter
  • Public notices
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Opinion
    • Community
  • Arts and Culture
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Food and Drink
  • Sport
    • Brighton and Hove Albion
    • Cricket
  • Newsletter
  • Public notices
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
Brighton and Hove News
No Result
View All Result
Home Education

Two Hove primary schools to merge

by Frank le Duc
Monday 12 Jan, 2015 at 8:30PM
A A
1
Two Hove primary schools to merge

Two neighbouring schools in Hove are planning to merge to form a single primary school.

Davigdor and SomerhillSomerhill Junior School and Davigdor Infant School, both in Somerhill Road, Hove, are consulting parents, staff and others about becoming a single entity.

The news comes days after Ofsted published a report rating Somerhill as good – an improvement on its previous report.

The independent schools watchdog also said that the leadership and management of the school was outstanding – as was the behaviour and safety of pupils.

Outstanding is the best of the four judgments made by Oftsed inspectors, with good being the next best.

They said that Somerhill was a good school, adding

  • Somerhill is a happy, exciting and nurturing school of which pupils, staff, governors and parents and carers are rightly very proud.
  • The headteacher provides outstanding leadership for the school. He has created an exceptionally strong staff team that shares the commitment and determination to provide the best possible learning and experiences for the pupils.
  • Leadership and management at all levels are outstanding. Actions taken have improved the school since the last inspection when it required improvement. Achievement and teaching are now good. This demonstrates that the school has the capacity to improve further.
  • From their starting points, pupils make good progress and achieve well. Overall standards are above average by the time pupils leave at the end of year 6.
  • Teaching is good and sometimes outstanding. Teachers have high expectations and a shared, clear sense of purpose to ensure that pupils enjoy learning.
  • Pupils’ behaviour is outstanding. They have excellent attitudes to learning and really enjoy coming to school. They feel safe and secure and are well looked after.
  • Pupils are confident, respectful of each other and adults. They show great understanding, tolerance and acceptance of diversity within the school and beyond.
  • The governing body knows the school very well and is active in ensuring that the school continues to improve. The governors provide very effective support and challenge for school leaders.

The inspectors also said that Somerhill was not yet an outstanding school because

  • Achievement in writing, although improving, is not yet as good as it is in reading and mathematics.
  • Teaching is not yet typically outstanding. The very best practice is not evident in every class to ensure that pupils make more rapid progress.

The inspection took place early last month and the report was published on Friday (9 January).

To read the report, click here.

Davigdor was found to be an outstanding school when it was last inspected in July 2008 – a view that was reiterated when an interim assessment took place in 2011.

Hangleton Infant School and Hangleton Junior School merged last year.

Brighton and Hove City Council encourages similar mergers when a head teacher leaves, creating primary schools that save taxpayers’ money, not least by having one head teacher instead of two.

ShareTweetShareSendSendShare

Comments 1

  1. feline1 says:
    10 years ago

    It would be cool if the merging of the schools was done literally via an unstable matter interface zone, like in the Dr Who serial “Nightmare of Eden” #mandrals

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Most read

Teens swept out to sea on calm sunny day

Judge warns tip jar thief he will die young if he doesn’t turn his life around

Hove school hosts educational leaders from around the world

Police try to trace Western Road brawl suspect

Man suffers serious injuries in mass brawl in Western Road

Two Hove primary schools to merge

Buses replace trains to London next weekend

Trial date set for man accused of attempted rape in broad daylight in Brighton

Constance Marten baby death jury sent out to consider verdict

Forget Brighton’s No 1, Sonay Kartal could be Britain’s No 1

Newsletter

Arts and Culture

  • All
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Food and Drink
‘Still Smitten’ with Pale Waves

‘Still Smitten’ with Pale Waves

8 July 2025
Jessica Winter drops new single ahead of debut album and UK tour

Jessica Winter drops new single ahead of debut album and UK tour

8 July 2025
Sananda Maitreya announces first UK tour in 23 years

Sananda Maitreya announces first UK tour in 23 years

7 July 2025
Glastonbury Festival 2025…venturing beyond the obvious!

Glastonbury Festival 2025…venturing beyond the obvious!

7 July 2025
Load More

Sport

  • All
  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Cricket
Brighton tennis player beaten by seed in first round at Wimbledon

Sonay Kartal’s impressive Wimbledon run comes to an end

by Eleanor Crooks - PA sport correspondent
6 July 2025
0

Sonay Kartal’s fine Wimbledon run ended with a fourth-round defeat to Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The Brighton and Hove player...

Sussex Sharks open T20 Blast with a win

Bad night for Sussex at Hove as Hampshire bounce back in Blast

by Bruce Talbot - ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
5 July 2025
0

Hampshire Hawks ended a run of five games without a win in the Vitality Blast to revive their hopes of...

From Lewes to LA : multi-award winning short film premier preview.

From Lewes to LA : multi-award winning short film premier preview.

by Kairen Kemp
5 July 2025
0

FROM LEWES TO LA: MULTI-AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM 'BACK OF THE NET’, EXPLORING THE LEGACY OF THE LIONESSES, SCREENS LEWES F.C....

Brighton tennis player beaten by seed in first round at Wimbledon

Forget Brighton’s No 1, Sonay Kartal could be Britain’s No 1

by Andy Sims - PA
5 July 2025
0

Not only does Sonay Kartal have a Wimbledon quarter-final in her sights but also the British No 1 spot. Brighton...

Load More
January 2015
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Dec   Feb »

RSS From Sussex News

  • Foot fetish caller sentenced for repeated calls to police 7 July 2025
  • White van man held over road rage at Crossbush 7 July 2025
  • Intruder carried out sex attack, say police 7 July 2025
  • Man held for assault after woman reports being followed and touched 6 July 2025
  • Flat linked to drugs forced to shut after court issues closure order 5 July 2025
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • Contact
  • Support
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy
  • Complaints
  • Ownership, funding and corrections
  • Ethics
  • T&C

© 2023 Brighton and Hove News

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Opinion
  • Arts and Culture
    • Music
    • Theatre
  • Sport
    • Cricket
  • Newsletter
  • Public notices
  • Advertise
  • About
  • Contact

© 2023 Brighton and Hove News