# Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill

Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill is a primary school in Mid Sussex, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 403 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E125944. [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 403
- Council: Mid Sussex
- URN: 125944

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), November 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 2 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in West Sussex and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | West Sussex | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Burgess Hill Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burgess-hill-girls-e126134): 370 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [London Meed Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/london-meed-community-primary-school-e125931): 920 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Woodlands Meed](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodlands-meed-e136114): 930 m. Special. School remains Good, October 2023
- [The Burgess Hill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-burgess-hill-academy-e142089): 950 m. Secondary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-catholic-primary-school-e150983): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oak Tree Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oak-tree-primary-school-e150711): 1.5 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2022, before the school changed

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/125944)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/125944)

## How to cite

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