Oakfields Primary School, Horsham

Community school·Primary school Horsham, West Sussex·RH12 4ET
Composite score
26.0
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#13,919
National rank
#2062
In South East
#189
In West Sussex
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
31%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 21 places

Every child who put Oakfields Primary School, Horsham first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
167
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,166
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Oakfields Primary School, Horsham is a primary school serving Horsham, West Sussex, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 167 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Oakfields Primary School, Horsham 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 31% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 23.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Oakfields Primary School, Horsham was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 13.7 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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