Pound Hill Junior School, CrawleyForge Wood Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley and Forge Wood Primary School are primary schools in Crawley.

  • Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Forge Wood Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley is ahead on our composite score.

  • Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley was judged Good and Forge Wood Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 79.0% for Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley and 51.0% for Forge Wood Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley (79.0% in 2022-23, 79.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Forge Wood Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 51.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley versus Forge Wood Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CrawleyPound Hill Junior School, CrawleyCrawleyForge Wood Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB70/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking15th of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure126th of 218 in West Sussex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll358 415
Capacity360 420
LocationCrawley, RH10 7EB Crawley, RH10 3SW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard79.0% Stronger figure51.0% 62.0%
At higher standard9.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census358 415
Free school meals (ever 6)15.9% 18.6%
English as an additional language35.5% 21.9%
SEN support16.2% 11.1%
SEN with an EHC plan1.4% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% Stronger figure5.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.5% Stronger figure11.0% 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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley

Forge Wood Primary School

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