# Waterfield Primary School

Waterfield Primary School is a primary school in Crawley, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 404 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E145544. [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 404
- Council: Crawley
- URN: 145544

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
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, 63% of pupils at Waterfield Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in West Sussex and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 63% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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.

- [The Bewbush Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-bewbush-academy-e138050): 630 m. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Gossops Green Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gossops-green-primary-e143635): 840 m. Primary. Standards maintained, June 2025. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-cofe-secondary-school-crawley-e126098): 1.1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 40.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Kilnwood Vale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kilnwood-vale-primary-school-e147193): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023
- [The Mill Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-mill-primary-academy-e139958): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-catholic-comprehensive-school-crawley-e126095): 1.5 km. Secondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 46.0 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/145544)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/145544)

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