Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: Good
Score
F37
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Forest Row, RH18 5EB
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Ashurst Wood Primary School
School Lane, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, RH19 3QW
Local ranking168th of 218 primary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
140
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues as Ashurst Wood Primary School (URN 151826). Its page carries this history forward.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 68.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 19
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 114
- Boys
- 53 (46%)
- Girls
- 61 (54%)
- Capacity
- 140 (81% full)
- SEND
- 14.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.0%
- EAL
- 2.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,968/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
90.1%
White British
3.6%
Mixed Other
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
School Lane
East Grinstead, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 125929
- UKPRN
- 10079772
- Establishment No.
- 2200
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