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Billingshurst Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Upper Station Road, Billingshurst RH14 9RE · billingshurstprimary.org.uk · 01403 782789
On the mapSearch near RH14 9RE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 596
- 95% of 630 places
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 12.9%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- 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, 84 families put the school first and 88 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 | 88 | 84 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 74 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 99 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135813)
Ofsted
Billingshurst Primary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135813)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135813), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135813)
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135813)
Mar 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135813)