Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess HillSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Burgess Hill.

Summary of the comparison

Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill and St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Burgess Hill.

  • Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill is ahead on our composite score.

  • Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill was judged Good and St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 76.0% for Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill and 77.0% for St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill (63.0% in 2022-23, 76.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill versus St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Burgess HillBirchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess HillBurgess HillSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB72/100Stronger figureC67/100
Local ranking9th of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure135th of 218 in West Sussex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll407 418
Capacity420 420
LocationBurgess Hill, RH15 0DP Burgess Hill, RH15 9RJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard76.0% 77.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census407 418
Free school meals (ever 6)7.1% 5.5%
English as an additional language5.9% 31.1%
SEN support11.3% 12.4%
SEN with an EHC plan3.2% 2.9%
Attendance
Overall absence5.5% 4.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence14.1% 7.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

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