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Hilltop Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Ditchling Hill, Southgate West, Crawley RH11 8QL · hilltop-tkat.org · 01293 534314
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. West Sussex 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · West Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 658
- 28 over 630 places · 104%
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.7%
- First language not English
- 26.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 79 families put the school first and 85 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 85 | 79 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 84 | 74 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 84 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 83 | 73 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 94 | 1▲ | 91% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across West Sussex it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Hilltop Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 45
- 8% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied