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Heron Way Primary School

Horsham, RH13 6DJPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Outstanding
Feb 2024
KS2 Results
86%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.5×
Oversubscribed
88 1st-choice / 59 places
Ranking
🏆Top 5%
#666 of 13,686 nationally

About Heron Way Primary School

Heron Way Primary School in Horsham holds an Ofsted Outstanding rating from its most recent inspection in 2024, with every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — all judged to be Outstanding. That clean sweep of top grades is backed up by the school’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year, which place it second out of 35 primary schools in the Horsham local authority area. The standout metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 86 per cent. That figure towers over the West Sussex local authority average of 56 per cent, putting Heron Way firmly in the top five per cent of primary schools nationally. It’s a school where academic expectations are clearly high, and the data shows pupils are meeting them.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressHeron Way, Horsham, Horsham, RH13 6DJ
HeadteacherJames Crump
Local AuthorityWest Sussex
Number of Pupils418
Free School Meals (FSM)6.5%
School Capacity418 / 420 (100% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

20 Feb 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

Source: Ofsted, 24 Apr 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultySevere LearningMulti-SensoryOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Heron Way Primary School has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.