Fairway Infant School, Copthorne

State-Funded School

fairway-infant-school-copthorne-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

East Grinstead and UckfieldConstituency

RH10 3QDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Fairway Infant School, Copthorne is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in West Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 171 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

171

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

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: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 171
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Feb 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.