Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School

Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance, achieving significantly above national averages in reading, writing, and mathematics by the end of key stage 2. The school has created an inclusive and ambitious curriculum that enables all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds, to make impressive progress. Additionally, the school's strong focus on safeguarding, attendance, and personal development, alongside effective leadership and governance, has fostered a caring and high-expectation environment for pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve very well with high attainment in reading, writing and mathematics.
• The curriculum is ambitious, broad, and well designed for essential knowledge.
• Attendance rates are high, with effective support for vulnerable families.
• Behaviour is excellent, with pupils engaged and enthusiastic about learning.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being.
• Effective leadership ensures sustained improvements and high-quality teaching.

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 Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic 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 Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.4% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 2024–25 Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School received £5,423 and spent £7,037 for each of its 420 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £137,000 (£325 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Bosco Catholic Education Trust, income was £6,193 and spending £6,300 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School is part of Bosco Catholic Education Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, Horsham Horsham
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Haywards Heath
• St Paul's Catholic College Burgess Hill
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Burgess Hill
• St Peter's Catholic Primary School Shoreham-By-Sea
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Worthing
• St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School Littlehampton
• St Philip's Catholic Primary School Arundel
• St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton Littlehampton
• St Philip Howard Catholic School Bognor Regis

What is Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School has 422 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School cover?

Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School is at Hare Lane, Langley Green, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7PZ.