Hassocks Infant SchoolDitchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Hassocks Infant School and Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School are primary schools.

  • Hassocks Infant School scores 82 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Hassocks Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Hassocks Infant School was judged strong and Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 81.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Hassocks Infant School versus Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HassocksHassocks Infant SchoolDitchlingDitchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB82/100Stronger figureC68/100
Local ranking191st of 218 in West Sussex 12th of 136 in East Sussex
InspectionOfsted: StrongStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-7 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll268 224
Capacity270 161
LocationHassocks, BN6 8EY Ditchling, BN6 8TU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported81.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported19.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported110.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported109.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census268 224
Free school meals (ever 6)4.8% 5.1%
English as an additional language1.9% 3.1%
SEN support7.8% 12.5%
SEN with an EHC plan1.5% 0.5%
Attendance
Overall absence3.6% Stronger figure4.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence2.8% Stronger figure6.6% 15.8%

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.

Hassocks Infant School

Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

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