Waterfield Primary School

State-Funded School

waterfield-primary-school-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

CrawleyConstituency

RH11 8RAPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Waterfield Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in West Sussex, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 404 pupils. Waterfield Primary School is part of The Collegiate Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

13%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

404

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

England average

27%

First language not English

34%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 404
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: The Collegiate Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 15 June 2022. 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
12 Jan 2017	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.