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Pound Hill Infant Academy

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personMr Thomas Jordan

corporate_fareUNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ACADEMIES TRUST

location_onCrawley, RH10 7EB

language Visit Website phone 1293873975

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2025

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Students

261

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Demand Ratio

0.8x

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Pound Hill Infant Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Crawley, serving ages 4-7. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade.

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School Summary

Pound Hill Infant Academy is an academy converter in Crawley, West Sussex, admitting pupils aged 4-7. It is part of UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has approximately 269 pupils on roll, of whom 7% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.8× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 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

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

21 January 2025

Inspection Report

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31 August 2015

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-01-21

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Outstanding

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Outstanding

2014-07-15

Exempt School Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2008-05-20

None EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

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

1.1%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.7%(2 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 269 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.1%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	269	3	1.1%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	269	2	0.7%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	270	1	0.4%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	270	2	0.7%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	269	1	0.4%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	265	1	0.4%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	261	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	259	2	0.8%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	262	1	0.4%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	268	3	1.1%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	263	4	1.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	266	1	0.4%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	267	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	269	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	267	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	267	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	270	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	269	1	0.4%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	269	1	0.4%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	270	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	268	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	270	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	271	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	270	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	268	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	268	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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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 32 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 10 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 2 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

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Pound Hill Infant Academy

School Summary

Academic Performance

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

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)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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