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St Giles CofE Primary School

Primary · Haywards Heath · RH17 7AY

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Good (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 24 April 2019

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At a glance

114 pupils · 81% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.st-giles.w-sussex.sch.uk
URN
126057

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3701.51 m (≈2.30 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3701.51 m (≈2.30 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3701.51 m (≈2.30 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
West Sussex average59.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
West Bretton Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · 190 miles awayExpected standard50%
Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary SchoolNewquay · 221 miles awayGood44%
Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 93 miles awayGood73%
Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolColchester · 66 miles awayGood55%
Keinton Mandeville Primary SchoolSomerton · 114 miles awayGood71%
Payhembury Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 143 miles awayGood76%
Wilby Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 104 miles awayGood79%
Barby Church of England Primary SchoolRugby · 102 miles awayGood67%
Castlemorton Church of England Primary SchoolMalvern · 119 miles awayGood71%
Kingsland CofE SchoolLeominster · 146 miles awayGood76%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, DatchworthHertfordshire · 57 miles awayGood67%
Thornton Dale CofE Primary SchoolPickering · 223 miles awayGood63%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (West Sussex 73%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (West Sussex 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (West Sussex 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (West Sussex 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Sussex: 2.81 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,389; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,212
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £78,289; in-year balance +£14,773

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.1%62.3%
Social housing10.8%17.1%
Privately rented10.1%20.5%
Detached houses47.8%22.9%
Flats6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031764 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£602,50042 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£469,000–£832,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£829,000
Semi-detached (15)£567,500
Terraced (6)£467,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.70 km, 2026 entry): 112 sales, median £600,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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