Forge Wood Primary School

State-Funded School

forge-wood-primary-school-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

CrawleyConstituency

RH10 3SWPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 420 pupils. Forge Wood Primary School is part of GLF Schools.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 37%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

55%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

20%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

420

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

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: 420
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: GLF Schools

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 24 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
24 Jun 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.