St Giles CofE Primary School

St Giles CofE Primary School is effectively maintaining the standards established in its previous inspection and continues to provide a supportive learning environment for its pupils. The school fosters a culture of care and safety, where pupils express their emotions healthily and form positive relationships. While overall achievement improved in 2024 after a dip in 2023, the school remains committed to ensuring that every pupil reaches their potential, particularly in mathematics where some students struggle with recall of key facts. The recent inspection serves as an affirmation of the school's dedication to its pupils and community, as well as its capacity for growth and improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a friendly and nurturing school environment.
• Strong relationships among pupils contribute to a supportive atmosphere.
• The curriculum meets pupils' needs and interests effectively.
• Teachers provide valuable support and training to refine their teaching practices.
• Focus on improving reading leads to a love for literacy among pupils.
• Effective support for SEND pupils allows them to learn alongside their peers.
• Pupils engage actively in community events and enjoy extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some older pupils struggle with recall of mathematical facts.
• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding effectively.

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 St Giles CofE Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Giles CofE 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 St Giles CofE Primary School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% 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, 19.3% of pupils at St Giles CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 St Giles CofE Primary School received £7,341 and spent £7,212 for each of its 114 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £78,000 (£687 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 St Giles CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Giles CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Giles CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Giles CofE Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Giles CofE Primary School have?

St Giles CofE Primary School has 114 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Giles CofE Primary School cover?

St Giles CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Giles CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Giles CofE Primary School?

St Giles CofE Primary School is at Church Lane, Horsted Keynes, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 7AY.