Hilltop Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Crawley, West Sussex·RH11 8QL
Composite score
60.7
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#3,734
National rank
#540
In South East
#24
In West Sussex
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
79 first choices, 85 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
161
any preference, for 85 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0420220.8820230.8920240.8820250.932026

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

Every child who put Hilltop 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
642
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,379
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Hilltop Primary School at a glance

Located in Crawley, West Sussex, Hilltop Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 642 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 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 top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Hilltop Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 79 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Hilltop Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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