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Pound Hill Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley RH10 7EB · poundhillinfantacademy.org.uk · 01293 873975
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- 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
- 269
- 100% of 270 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- First language not English
- 26%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
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, 77 families put the school first and 86 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 | 86 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 72 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 81 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 84 | 0.9 | 96% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Pound Hill Infant Academy on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding May 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 51
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 10% who had a child bullied