Rudgwick Primary School

About Rudgwick Primary School

Rudgwick Primary School is clearly a popular choice among local families, with 77 applications chasing just 30 places for the 2025/26 academic year, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.57. That means nearly three families applied for every spot, and the school received 40 first-preference applications for those 30 places. While the Department for Education's Parent View data isn't available in this snapshot, the sheer demand suggests strong word-of-mouth. The school is led by headteacher Terry Ryan and sits in the Horsham borough of West Sussex, serving 215 pupils aged 5 to 11. It's a mixed, state primary with no religious character and no nursery or sixth form provision. The school is slightly over its official capacity of 210, which often happens when a school is well-regarded and oversubscribed.

Academically, Rudgwick performs solidly above the local authority average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared to a West Sussex average of 56%. The school ranks 12th out of 35 primary schools in Horsham, placing it in the top 35% locally. Reading is a particular strength: 93% of pupils met the expected standard and 52% achieved a higher standard, with an average scaled score of 110. Maths scores are more modest, with 74% at expected and an average score of 104. Writing and maths higher-standard rates are lower, at 11% and 22% respectively. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2023, the school maintained its Good rating across all categories, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership, all judged Good. This continues a pattern of consistent Good ratings stretching back to at least 2013.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including a dining hall, library, playing fields, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision is broad, with football, rounders, cricket, cross country, netball, gymnastics and swimming on offer, plus clubs for art, book club and gardening. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, and autistic spectrum disorder. Given its oversubscription, families living closest to the school will have the strongest chance of securing a place. Rudgwick suits parents who value a well-regarded local primary with strong reading outcomes, a Good Ofsted rating, and a clear sense of community demand, but who are realistic about the competitive admissions process.

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