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Southgate Primary

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

personMiss Charlotte Taylor

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location_onCrawley, RH10 6DG

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2023

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Students

330

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Expected Standard

45%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Southgate Primary is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Crawley, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 87% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Southgate Primary is an academy sponsor led in Crawley, West Sussex, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of GLF SCHOOLS. The school has approximately 280 pupils on roll, of whom 36% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #143 of 191 primaries in West Sussex and #11,867 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. 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.

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

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 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

45%

LA 56%

Reading58% LA 73%

Writing58% LA 67%

Maths72% LA 69%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

33%

LA 54%England 61%

Reading59% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing41% LA 65% · Eng 72%

Maths64% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

34%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading44% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing51% LA 65% · Eng 71%

Maths44% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.0

Read

LA 0.1

-3.7 to -0.2

-1.1

Write

LA -0.8

-2.8 to 0.6

-1.9

Maths

LA -0.8

-3.6 to -0.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 60%England 65%

Reading71% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing69% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths73% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA 0.2

-2.3 to 1.1

-1.5

Write

LA -1.2

-3.1 to 0.1

-1.4

Maths

LA -0.7

-2.9 to 0.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 60%

Reading75% LA 75%

Writing65% LA 73%

Maths65% LA 71%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.4

Read

LA -0.1

-0.2 to 3

-1.1

Write

LA -1.4

-2.6 to 0.4

0.3

Maths

LA -1.0

-1.1 to 1.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

03 October 2023

Inspection Report

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05 November 2019

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2023-10-03

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2019-11-05

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2016-09-28

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Inadequate

2012-04-23

None Legacy

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Good

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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 280 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)	280	3	1.1%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	287	1	0.3%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	299	1	0.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	307	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	294	3	1.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	334	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	330	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	320	2	0.6%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	328	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	318	3	0.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	302	3	1.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	339	3	0.9%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	343	5	1.5%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	342	11	3.2%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	364	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	364	5	1.4%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	357	4	1.1%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	376	8	2.1%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	374	7	1.9%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	377	8	2.1%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	399	12	3.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	401	3	0.7%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	410	12	2.9%	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 43 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 17 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 4 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils