Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley

Pound Hill Junior School continues to demonstrate good performance, with exceptional pupil behavior and strong relationships among students and staff. The school's curriculum is ambitious, with high expectations for achievement, particularly in reading, mathematics, and writing. Notably, the school effectively supports pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring that most achieve consistently high outcomes. However, some curriculum areas need improvement in revisiting key concepts to bolster pupils' foundational knowledge. This report marks the school's first ungraded inspection since its last graded inspection in May 2018.

Strengths

• Pupils’ behaviour and attitudes to learning are exceptional.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured for all pupils.
• Pupils achieve consistently high outcomes in reading, mathematics, and writing.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong relationships and a sense of community among pupils and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent subject expertise in teaching phonics and early reading across the staff.
• Insufficient opportunities for pupils to revisit essential knowledge in some curriculum subjects.
• Some individual targets for pupils needing additional support are not implemented consistently.

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 Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 17.9% of pupils at Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley received £6,416 and spent £6,196 for each of its 352 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £121,000 (£345 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 Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley last inspected by Ofsted?

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley have?

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley has 352 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley cover?

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley?

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley is at Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7EB.