Billingshurst Primary Academy

State-Funded School

billingshurst-primary-academy-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

HorshamConstituency

RH14 9REPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Billingshurst Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in West Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 596 pupils. Billingshurst Primary Academy is part of Sussex Learning Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

596

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 596
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Sussex Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
11 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.