St Andrew's CofE Primary School

About St Andrew's CofE Primary School

St Andrew's CofE Primary School in Crawley was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2017, a rating confirmed as unchanged during an ungraded visit in September 2022. This marks a clear improvement from its previous inspection in 2015, when the school was judged to require improvement overall. The most telling academic metric comes from Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year: 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits below the West Sussex local authority average of 56% and places the school 16th out of 21 primary schools in Crawley. In national terms, the school ranks in the bottom 50% of all primary schools, at the 90th percentile from the bottom. While the headline combined figure is modest, individual subject results tell a more nuanced story.

Looking closer at the KS2 data, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in writing, and 52% did so in reading, while maths was lower at 45%. At the higher standard, 28% achieved greater depth in reading, 17% in writing and just 7% in maths. Average scaled scores were 101 in reading and 98 in maths. The school does not publish progress scores for any subject, so it is not possible to see how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. Ofsted's inspection report noted that leadership and management, as well as early years provision, were both Good, with early years scoring a 2 out of 4. The school has a Church of England character and is led by headteacher Jennifer Wise. With 207 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is operating very close to full.

St Andrew's is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 58 applications for just 18 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.22, with 16 first-preference offers made. The school offers nursery provision for children from age 2 and has a range of facilities including a library, sports hall, music rooms, art studios, a chapel and playing fields. Sports on offer include dance, rounders, athletics, cross country and swimming, while clubs range from drama and choir to coding, chess and eco club. The school's SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health needs. For families seeking a church school with a strong sense of community and a broad extracurricular offer, St Andrew's is clearly popular locally, though the academic outcomes data suggests it may not be the strongest choice for those prioritising top-end KS2 results.

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