Billingshurst Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Billingshurst, West Sussex·RH14 9RE
Composite score
59.8
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#3,980
National rank
#587
In South East
#28
In West Sussex
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
84 first choices, 88 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
121
any preference, for 88 places

Every child who put Billingshurst Primary Academy 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
607
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,633
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Billingshurst Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Billingshurst, West Sussex, Billingshurst Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 607 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Billingshurst Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 88 Reception places. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Billingshurst Primary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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