Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry31 applications · 15 places offered · 12 named it first
- 2026 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2025 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2024 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2020 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- West Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Rusper Primary School (URN 125850), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 * | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 * | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 20 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2021 * | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 10 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2018 * | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 11 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2017 * | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 20 | 1.33 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Rusper Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses Inadequate20222.1applications per place
- 3.7 km · West SussexGood20231.8applications per place
- 4.1 km · West Sussex20262.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · West Sussex20262.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20253.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · West SussexGood20232.3applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · West SussexRemains Good20232.9applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · West SussexStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 59%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150703 · 938/2067
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 93 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2025
- Replaced
- Rusper Primary School (URN 125850)
- Address
- Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Horsham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources