Three Bridges Primary School

Three Bridges Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement in overall effectiveness, with notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school's welcoming environment fosters pupil happiness and safety, and their ambition for all pupils to succeed, including those with SEND, is evident. However, there are significant concerns regarding the effective delivery of the curriculum across all key stages, which has led to underachievement among pupils, including disadvantaged students. Although improvements have been made in various areas, consistency in curricular implementation remains a challenge.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and secure in a friendly, welcoming environment.
• The school has a calm, orderly atmosphere that supports wellbeing.
• Pupils exhibit kindness and respect towards one another.
• The mathematics curriculum is implemented effectively, resulting in rising standards.
• Provision for pupils with SEND has improved and they are integrated well into mainstream classes.
• The school's personal development programme offers enriching activities and experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum is not delivered consistently well across all key stages.
• Staff lack the necessary subject knowledge to teach certain areas effectively.
• Inconsistencies in implementing the behaviour policy can lead to disengaged pupils.

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 Three Bridges Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Three Bridges Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 3 pupils were 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 Three Bridges Primary School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Three Bridges Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 14 pupils.

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 Three Bridges Primary School received £7,547 and spent £7,588 for each of its 583 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £181,000 (£310 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 Three Bridges Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Three Bridges Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Three Bridges Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Three Bridges Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Three Bridges Primary School have?

Three Bridges Primary School has 600 pupils on roll.

What age range does Three Bridges Primary School cover?

Three Bridges Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Three Bridges Primary School?

Three Bridges Primary School is at Gales Place, Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1QG.