Fairway Infant School, CopthorneMilton Mount Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Crawley.

Summary of the comparison

Fairway Infant School, Copthorne and Milton Mount Primary School are primary schools in Crawley.

  • Fairway Infant School, Copthorne scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Milton Mount Primary School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). Fairway Infant School, Copthorne is ahead on our composite score.

  • Fairway Infant School, Copthorne was judged Good and Milton Mount Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Milton Mount Primary School (58.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Fairway Infant School, Copthorne versus Milton Mount Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CrawleyFairway Infant School, CopthorneCrawleyMilton Mount Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100Stronger figureC58/100
Local ranking212th of 218 in West Sussex 86th of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll175 619
Capacity180 630
LocationCrawley, RH10 3QD Crawley, RH10 3AG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported62.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census175 619
Free school meals (ever 6)9.7% 15.8%
English as an additional language1.7% 25.7%
SEN support27.4% 10.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence7.5% 5.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence22.1% 16.2% 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.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Fairway Infant School, Copthorne

Milton Mount Primary School

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