Glebe Primary School

About Glebe Primary School

Glebe Primary School sits in West Sussex, a local authority where the average Key Stage 2 attainment score for primary schools is 56. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 awarded it a Good rating across all five graded categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a significant improvement from its previous inspection in 2019, when the school was rated Requires Improvement overall. The turnaround is notable: leadership and management moved from a 2 to a 2 (remaining Good), but the overall effectiveness jumped from a 3 to a 2. For parents comparing against the LA average, Glebe’s Good rating places it in the majority of West Sussex primaries — only 7 out of 226 schools in the authority hold an Outstanding grade. The school’s improvement trajectory suggests a stable, upward trend rather than a static position.

Academically, the school’s Ofsted report from 2023 highlights that pupils achieve well across the curriculum, with particular strengths in early reading and mathematics. The quality of education is rated Good, and the early years provision also holds a Good grade, indicating solid foundations for children starting at age 4. While the school does not publish its own Progress 8 or KS2 SATs scores in this data, the local context shows the LA average KS2 score of 56, which serves as a useful benchmark. Glebe’s Good rating implies it is performing at or above this average, though without specific school-level results, parents may wish to check the school’s own published data or the DfE performance tables for exact figures. The school’s capacity of 600 pupils with 466 currently enrolled suggests it is not yet full, which may offer some flexibility for applicants.

Glebe Primary School is a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 4 to 11, located in Adur, West Sussex. It offers a range of facilities including art studios, a forest school, a sports hall, and a dining hall, plus a chapel. Sports provision includes cross country, rounders, dance, swimming, tennis, netball, and gymnastics, while clubs range from book club and art club to coding, gardening, and eco club. The school has a broad SEND offer, supporting conditions such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 102 applications for 53 places, with 52 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.92. This level of demand suggests a popular local option, particularly for families who value the forest school and the wide range of extracurricular activities.

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