Upper Beeding Primary School
About Upper Beeding Primary School
Upper Beeding Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2025, but the story of its academic outcomes is more nuanced than that single label suggests. The school’s key stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 50% 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 it places the school 119th out of 226 primary schools in the county. In the more local Horsham area ranking, Upper Beeding comes 27th out of 35 schools. Where the school does show relative strength is in individual subjects: 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in writing, and the average reading score was 102, compared with 100 in maths. Only 2% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, though 23% reached that higher bar in reading alone.
Key Details
The full report on this school
What 95 parents told Ofsted, the inspection in plain English, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
11 Feb 2025From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.
Source: Ofsted, 1 Apr 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:55 – 15:15
Breakfast club
07:30-08:55
After-school care
15:15-18:00
Source: upperbeeding.w-sussex.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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