Rudgwick Primary School

Rudgwick Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all areas of the inspection, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters a positive and vibrant environment where pupils feel happy, safe, and engaged in their learning. Notably, the school's strong emphasis on music enhances students' confidence and enjoyment in extracurricular performances. Additionally, the leadership is focused on high expectations, which has resulted in good academic progress for most students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong focus on music education and extracurricular performance activities.
• High expectations for pupils' behaviour and academic performance.
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum in most subjects.
• Effective safeguarding practices and a culture of safety.
• Engagement in a variety of sporting activities.
• Positive attitudes towards learning among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum sequencing not clearly identified in a few subjects.
• Assessment practices in some subjects are not always effective.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Rudgwick Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Rudgwick Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Rudgwick Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.0% of pupils at Rudgwick Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Rudgwick Primary School received £6,273 and spent £6,133 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £26,000 (£123 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Rudgwick Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rudgwick Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Rudgwick Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rudgwick Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Rudgwick Primary School have?

Rudgwick Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rudgwick Primary School cover?

Rudgwick Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Rudgwick Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rudgwick Primary School?

Rudgwick Primary School is at Tates Way, Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 3HW.