London Meed Community Primary School

London Meed Community Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories. The school has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, which was graded as 'Requires Improvement'. The emphasis on fostering respect, community values, and high expectations contributes to a positive learning environment. Pupils display curiosity and resilience, actively participating in school life, including leadership roles and community outreach. Notably, the curriculum is carefully structured to ensure that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive a meaningful education that builds on their previous learning.

Strengths

• Strong focus on pupils' personal development and well-being.
• Positive relationships and respect among pupils, fostering a happy learning environment.
• Well-organized curriculum from early years to Year 6.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, enabling them to learn alongside their peers.
• Pupils demonstrate eagerness and confidence in their learning.
• Strong commitment to reading, with diverse and challenging texts.
• Engagement of governors in school life, providing appropriate support and challenge.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack confidence in delivering the curriculum effectively.
• Inconsistent use of appropriate teaching activities across a few subjects.
• Subject leaders are at an early stage of reviewing the curriculum and its impact.

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 London Meed Community Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 1.4% of pupils at London Meed Community Primary School 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 London Meed Community Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% 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, 11.8% of pupils at London Meed Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 8 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 London Meed Community Primary School received £6,149 and spent £6,146 for each of its 415 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £55,000 (£132 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 London Meed Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for London Meed Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was London Meed Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

London Meed Community Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does London Meed Community Primary School have?

London Meed Community Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does London Meed Community Primary School cover?

London Meed Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are London Meed Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is London Meed Community Primary School?

London Meed Community Primary School is at Chanctonbury Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9YQ.