Latest News & Events

We are holding a fundraising event called The Spring Fiesta!  Tickets on sale now !

We are working towards opening in September 2012. After discussions with the Department for Education, and given the amount of work involved in such short time, we have decided that the school will only take children in reception and year 1 for 2012. The steering group understands this may come as a disappointment to some of our supporters. 

Our admissions process will start here as soon as we confirm our premises, and will follow similar timescales to the Local Authority. Please leave your details via the registration form if you would like to be informed.

Due to the large amount of emails we are receiving, we regret that we are not able to respond to individual queries at this moment. Thank you for your patience and continuing support.

We will provide information regarding admissions and location as soon as possible.

Brighton Bilingual Primary School Press Release Oct 2011

Most parents aspire to having their children exposed to culture and languages. In today’s world it’s a huge asset to have a second language.

Around the world, children are learning second or even third and fourth languages at a very young age, enabling them to develop the skills necessary to interact with people all over the globe. We aim to raise the standard of language learning in the UK, beginning with our bilingual free school.

Our Aims

We aim to teach the English National Curriculum in two languages through a method called Dual Language Instruction, bilingual immersion.  This is where children will learn up to 50% of the National Curriculum in Spanish and 50% in English. Through this method (used in many schools worldwide) children learn and develop their fundamental academic skills through dual-language immersion not just in core subjects but also through school activities, play and in everyday conversations.  Language immersion, to develop fluency with language and grammar, begins at an early age which is why we introduce our immersion programme on entering the school in reception (age 4).  It is a key opportunity that only comes once – during their optimal window of language development.

Look around our site and contact us with any questions!

We are looking for any other parent, carers, teachers and professionals who are interested and passionate about seeing a bilingual school in Brighton and Hove to join our campaign so please contact us if you can help.

The more support we have for our bilingual free school the better, as such, if this concept is something that you are interested in, please register your interest on our Parents Survey. If you would like any further information or would like to discuss the school in more detail feel free to contact me or other members of the project.

Marina Gutierrez (Chair)