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Downs View Special School

Downs View Special School
Warren Road
Woodingdean
Brighton
East Sussex
England
BN26BB

📞 phone: 01273 601680

👩‍🏫 headteacher: Ms Vanessa Hickey

🌍 web: www.downsview.brighton-hove.sch.uk

201 pupils mixed gender
215 pupils capacity: 93% full

142 boys 71%

59 girls 28%

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Community special school

Special classes
Has Special Classes
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
URN
114680
Establishment type
Community special school
Establishment #
7006
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 535356, Northing: 105689
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 50.835, Longitude: -0.079182
Accepting pupils
3—19 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
12. February 2020
Region › Const. › Ward
South East › Brighton, Kemptown › Woodingdean
SEN priorities
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Sen2
VI - Visual Impairment
Sen3
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Free school meals %
55.30
Learning provider ref #
10015666

School governors

  • Mr Andy Crosby, Governor
    (15. October 2012—1. March 2027)
  • Mr Eddie Murphy, Governor
    (17. December 2017—16. December 2025)
  • Mr Glenn Peckham, Governor
    (2. November 2009—15. December 2025)
  • Ms Jacqui Shepherd, Governor
    (17. December 2017—16. December 2025)
  • Mr Chris Girvan, Chair of Governors
    (26. February 2018—14. June 2022)
  • Dr Jennifer Chapman, Governor
    (19. June 2006—1. March 2027)
  • Dr Virginia Monteoliva, Governor
    (2. December 2019—1. December 2023)
  • Ms Pippa Hodge, Governor
    (2. December 2019—11. October 2022)
  • Ms Vanessa Hickey, Governor
    (1. September 2020—None)
  • Ms Chloe Sly, Governor
    (5. December 2020—4. December 2024)
  • Mr David Rafferty, Governor
    (6. October 2017—3. November 2024)
  • Ms Sue Dowling, Governor
    (28. February 2022—27. February 2026)
  • Ro St John, Governor
    (23. May 2022—22. May 2026)
  • Mr David Rafferty, Chair of Governors
    (26. September 2022—26. September 2023)
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Schools nearby

  1. Woodingdean Primary School, BN26BB (383 pupils)
  2. Downs View Special School, BN26BB (201 pupils)
  3. 0.7 miles Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery, BN26RH (345 pupils)
  4. 0.7 miles Rudyard Kipling Junior School, BN26RH
  5. 0.7 miles Rudyard Kipling Infant School, BN26RH
  6. 1 mile Bevendean Primary School and Nursery, BN24JP (340 pupils)
  7. 1.2 miles Longhill High School, BN27FR (908 pupils)
  8. 1.2 miles Marina High School, BN25PB
  9. 1.2 miles Ovingdean Hall School, RH193PF
  10. 1.2 miles East Brighton College of Media Arts, BN25PB
  11. 1.2 miles Oxford International College, Brighton, BN27BA
  12. 1.4 miles Whitehawk Junior School, BN25FL
  13. 1.4 miles Whitehawk Infants School, BN25FL
  14. 1.4 miles Whitehawk Primary School, BN25FL
  15. 1.4 miles City Academy Whitehawk, BN25FL (396 pupils)
  16. 1.6 miles Moulsecoomb Infant School, BN24SE
  17. 1.6 miles Roedean School, BN25RQ (672 pupils)
  18. 1.7 miles Coombe Road Primary School, BN24BP (157 pupils)
  19. 1.7 miles Moulsecoomb Junior School, BN24PA
  20. 1.7 miles St Mark's CofE Primary School, BN25EA (158 pupils)
  21. 1.7 miles Falmer High School, BN19PW
  22. 1.7 miles Brighton Waldorf School, BN25RA (158 pupils)
  23. 1.7 miles Moulsecoomb Primary School, BN24PA (210 pupils)
  24. 1.7 miles Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, BN19PW (885 pupils)
  25. 1.7 miles Moulsecoomb Primary School, BN24PA (207 pupils)

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