Northgate Primary School

Community school·Primary school Crawley, West Sussex·RH10 8DX
Composite score
32.9
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#12,818
National rank
#1917
In South East
#170
In West Sussex
Top 87%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
67 first choices, 70 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
140
any preference, for 70 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
0.8220220.9120230.8920240.9220250.962026

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

Every child who put Northgate 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
650
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
59.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,963
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Northgate Primary School

Northgate Primary School is a primary school in Crawley, West Sussex, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 650 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Northgate Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 70 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 21.8 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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