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Waterfield Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 404Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145544URN

Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Waterfield Primary School, Crawley, RH11 8RA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.3 above West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

132 applications for 48 places · 62nd of 180 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
63%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 24 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 15 June 2022
    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
2.8applications per place, Reception
0.3 above West Sussex median (2.5) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

132 applications · 48 places offered · 47 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.8
  10. 2017 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.3; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Dashed bars: as Waterfield Primary School (URN 125953), the previous school.

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 2026481322.8470.98
Sep 2025501192.4450.90
Sep 2024521352.6470.90
Sep 2023431252.9360.84
Sep 2022431393.2410.95
Sep 2021431323.1420.98
Sep 2020391273.3360.92
Sep 2019571442.5540.95
Sep 2018601702.8570.95
Sep 2017 *421132.7400.95
Sep 2016 *471102.3450.96
Sep 2015 *501272.5450.90
Sep 2014 *561061.9400.71

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 68% · Maths 72% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%78th of 188 in West Sussex
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard68%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard72%
Higher standard15%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2563%2%104104
2023/2465%2%105104
2022/2358%7%106104

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145544 · 938/2230
Trust
The Collegiate Trust
Capacity
472 pupils · 404 on roll
Free school meals
29.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 March 2018
Replaced
Waterfield Primary School (URN 125953)
Address
Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Waterfield Primary School, Crawley, RH11 8RA
Local authority
West Sussex · Crawley

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