Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead

About Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead

Baldwins Hill Primary School in East Grinstead holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspection in 2022 and its previous one in 2011. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 performance in reading, writing and maths combined. In the 2023/24 academic year, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in all three subjects, which is below the West Sussex local authority average of 56%. This places the school 122nd out of 226 primary schools in the county, and 23rd out of 30 in the Mid Sussex district. While the combined figure is modest, individual subject results tell a more nuanced story: 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in writing, though maths lagged at 58%. The proportion achieving the higher standard in any subject was low, with 21% reaching it in reading, 8% in maths, and none in writing.

The Ofsted inspection report from October 2022 rated every category as Good, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, but the average scaled scores offer some insight: reading averaged 103 and maths 100, both around the national average of 100. The school is relatively small with 183 pupils against a capacity of 210, and 16.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is slightly above the national average for primary schools. The leadership and management were also judged Good, with headteacher Jenny Dabell in post. The school does not have a sixth form or nursery provision, and it is not a boarding school.

Baldwins Hill offers a range of facilities including a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, a sensory room, art studios, a forest school, and a library. Sports provision includes dance, cross country, rounders and gymnastics, while clubs cover gardening, eco club, drama and coding. The school’s SEND provision is broad, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 49 applications were received for 11 places, with 10 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 4.45. This suggests strong local demand despite the below-average combined SATs results, likely driven by the school’s inclusive ethos and wide range of facilities. It may particularly suit families who value a broad curriculum and strong pastoral support over headline exam scores.

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