# Leechpool Primary School

Leechpool Primary School is a primary school in Horsham, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 409 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E125918. [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 409
- Council: Horsham
- URN: 125918

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 12 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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, 73% of pupils at Leechpool Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in West Sussex and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 73% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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.

- [Oakfields Primary School, Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakfields-primary-school-horsham-e125836): 380 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-robert-southwell-catholic-primary-school-horsham-e150402): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023, before the school changed. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingslea Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingslea-primary-school-e134776): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Millais School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millais-school-e126066): 1.1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 54.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Horsham Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horsham-nursery-school-e125809): 1.1 km. Nursery. Standards maintained, May 2025
- [Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queen-elizabeth-ii-silver-jubilee-school-horsham-e126160): 1.3 km. Special. School remains Outstanding, May 2023

## 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/125918)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/125918)

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