Three Bridges Primary SchoolPound Hill Infant Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Three Bridges Primary School and Pound Hill Infant Academy are primary schools in Crawley.

  • Three Bridges Primary School scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Pound Hill Infant Academy scores 82 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Pound Hill Infant Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Three Bridges Primary School was judged Requires improvement and Pound Hill Infant Academy was judged exceptional.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Three Bridges Primary School (40.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Three Bridges Primary School versus Pound Hill Infant Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CrawleyThree Bridges Primary SchoolCrawleyPound Hill Infant AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD44/100B82/100Stronger figure
Local ranking154th of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure191st of 218 in West Sussex
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-7
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll654 269
Capacity687 270
LocationCrawley, RH10 1QG Crawley, RH10 7EB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census654 269
Free school meals (ever 6)21.5% 7.4%
English as an additional language42.7% 34.9%
SEN support13.9% 18.2%
SEN with an EHC plan4.9% 2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence6.7% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.9% 13.5% 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.

Three Bridges Primary School

Pound Hill Infant Academy

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