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Crawley Down Village CofE School

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

personMr Oliver Burcombe

location_onCrawley, RH10 4XA

language Visit Website phone 1342713292

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

414

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Expected Standard

63%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Crawley Down Village CofE School is a Voluntary controlled school primary school in Crawley, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 50% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Crawley Down Village CofE School is a voluntary controlled school in Crawley, West Sussex, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 414 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 2% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #76 of 205 primaries in West Sussex and #7,906 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.5:1. There is 1 teaching vacancy. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 17.3%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.9 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

63%

LA 56%

Reading75% LA 73%

Writing79% LA 67%

Maths79% LA 69%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 54%England 61%

Reading88% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing76% LA 65% · Eng 72%

Maths82% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading64% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing69% LA 65% · Eng 71%

Maths72% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.1

Read

LA 0.1

-2.6 to 0.5

-1.0

Write

LA -0.8

-2.4 to 0.5

-0.7

Maths

LA -0.8

-2.1 to 0.8

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 60%England 65%

Reading68% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing74% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths70% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA 0.2

-2.3 to 1.1

-0.1

Write

LA -1.2

-1.7 to 1.5

-1.1

Maths

LA -0.7

-2.6 to 0.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 60%

Reading85% LA 75%

Writing79% LA 73%

Maths77% LA 71%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -0.1

-1.7 to 1.7

-0.9

Write

LA -1.4

-2.5 to 0.7

-1.5

Maths

LA -1.0

-3.1 to 0.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

30 November 2024

Inspection Report

23 January 2024

Inspection Report

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20 June 2018

Inspection Report

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25 September 2013

Inspection Report

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06 October 2010

Inspection Report

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05 December 2007

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2018-06-20

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-09-25

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2010-10-06

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.3%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.8%(3 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 390 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.3%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	390	5	1.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	389	1	0.3%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	393	4	1.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	415	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	414	7	1.7%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	415	2	0.5%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	411	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	404	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	407	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	396	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	402	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	400	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	391	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	391	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	391	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	378	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	374	1	0.3%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	373	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	355	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	355	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	355	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	349	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	352	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	351	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Crawley Down Village CofE School

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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