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St Margaret's CofE Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Jillian Hine

location_onCrawley, RH11 0AQ

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2022

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Students

408

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Expected Standard

61%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Margaret's CofE Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Crawley, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.0×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 56% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Margaret's CofE Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Crawley, West Sussex, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 408 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #85 of 205 primaries in West Sussex and #8,389 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.0× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 10.0%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.7 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 56%

Reading72% LA 73%

Writing75% LA 67%

Maths64% LA 69%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 54%England 61%

Reading68% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing68% LA 65% · Eng 72%

Maths72% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

79%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading95% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing79% LA 65% · Eng 71%

Maths87% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.7

Read

LA 0.1

1.1 to 4.3

-1.0

Write

LA -0.8

-2.5 to 0.6

0.8

Maths

LA -0.8

-0.7 to 2.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 60%England 65%

Reading62% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths82% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.9

Read

LA 0.2

-4.4 to -1.3

-4.3

Write

LA -1.2

-5.8 to -2.9

0.2

Maths

LA -0.7

-1.2 to 1.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 60%

Reading70% LA 75%

Writing75% LA 73%

Maths61% LA 71%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.4

Read

LA -0.1

-3 to 0.2

-1.3

Write

LA -1.4

-2.8 to 0.2

-2

Maths

LA -1.0

-3.5 to -0.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 October 2024

Inspection Report

04 May 2022

Inspection Report

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	425	2	0.5%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	423	4	0.9%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	421	3	0.7%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	414	1	0.2%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	408	1	0.2%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	406	3	0.7%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	406	9	2.2%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	408	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	404	5	1.2%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	404	4	1.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	399	7	1.8%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	396	6	1.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	398	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	398	5	1.3%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	399	11	2.8%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	402	11	2.7%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	409	4	1.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	407	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	405	3	0.7%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	407	8	2.0%	0.4%	1
2017/18 (Autumn term)	401	7	1.7%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	425	1	0.2%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	424	2	0.5%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	422	2	0.5%	0.5%	0

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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