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Voluntary aided school · West Sussex

St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 95Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 126025URN

Potters Green, Station Road, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8QZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

19 applications for 8 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
78%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 21 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 1 December 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to West Sussex median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

19 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.8
  10. 2017 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.6
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20268192.481.00
Sep 202516251.6140.88
Sep 202413231.8120.92
Sep 202312231.9100.83
Sep 202210242.480.80
Sep 202116301.9161.00
Sep 202015332.2140.93
Sep 201920432.2201.00
Sep 201811333.0111.00
Sep 201718392.2181.00
Sep 201620432.2211.05
Sep 201517442.6171.00
Sep 201420472.4190.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 78% · Maths 89% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%15th of 188 in West Sussex
Reading
Expected standard89%
Higher standard56%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth33%
Maths
Expected standard89%
Higher standard56%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2578%33%110108
2023/2470%15%107107
2022/2377%9%109109

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
126025 · 938/3309
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
140 pupils · 95 on roll
Free school meals
12.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Potters Green, Station Road, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8QZ
Local authority
West Sussex · Horsham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources