Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 2 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry153 applications · 70 places offered · 65 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2025 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2024 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2023 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 2022 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2021 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2020 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2019 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2018 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2017 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2016 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.7
- 2015 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.8
- 2014 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 70 | 153 | 2.2 | 65 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 74 | 148 | 2.0 | 73 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 83 | 170 | 2.1 | 83 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 69 | 141 | 2.0 | 68 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 81 | 183 | 2.3 | 77 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 160 | 1.8 | 91 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 56 | 133 | 2.4 | 56 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 87 | 181 | 2.1 | 85 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 85 | 171 | 2.0 | 82 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 189 | 2.1 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 82 | 173 | 2.1 | 82 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 191 | 2.1 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 86 | 170 | 2.0 | 85 | 0.99 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 72% · Maths 80% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- West Sussex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 64% | 17% | 108 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 8% | 110 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 3% | 108 | 103 |
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
- St Lawrence CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20253.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · West Sussex20261.7applications per place
- 3.3 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade202573%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · West SussexGood202165%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · West SussexGood20241.8applications per place
- 3.6 km · West SussexGood20233.4applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · West SussexGood20232.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · West SussexGood20222.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139879 · 938/3354
- Trust
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School Hurstpierpoint
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 599 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2013
- Replaced
- St Lawrence CofE Primary School (URN 126058)
- Address
- Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9UY
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Mid Sussex
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources