Balcombe Cofe Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 6HS · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- FSM7.9%
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 126006
Balcombe CofE Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Haywards Heath · RH17 6HS
Ages 4–11 · 136 pupils · West Sussex
KS2 expected (RWM)
71%
Overall absence
4.2%
Admissions demand
1.12 · Balanced demand
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)71%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 111.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.2%
Unauthorised0.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 119
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.12 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
29
Places offered
26
1st-preference offers
26
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 42
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 26
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill91%
136 pupils · 150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- Boys / girls
- 80 / 56
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 136 / 150 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 6.6%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Wendy Millbanks
Location
- Address
- London Road, Balcombe
- Postcode
- RH17 6HS
- Town
- Haywards Heath
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, 136 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 6.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chichester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 6UQ · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS238%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM23.9%
- Demand0.90
2.3 miles away
St. Mark's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 6EN · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM19.0%
- Demand0.87
2.4 miles away
Handcross Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 6HB · West Sussex
Ages 2–11
- KS283%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM12.1%
- Demand1.13
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Wendy Millbanks