Storrington Primary School

Community school·Primary school Pulborough, West Sussex·RH20 4PG
Composite score
40.3
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#10,808
National rank
#1618
In South East
#140
In West Sussex
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 49 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.0020230.9220240.8020250.782026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Storrington Primary School 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
374
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,911
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Storrington Primary School at a glance

Located in Pulborough, West Sussex, Storrington Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 374 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Storrington Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 19.7 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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