St Giles CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 7AY · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM4.4%
- Demand1.00
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextURN 114499
Danehill Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Haywards Heath · RH17 7JB
Ages 4–11 · 64 pupils · East Sussex
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
7.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Inspection date
2024-07-17
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.5%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 91
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
14
Places offered
14
1st-preference offers
14
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 34
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 14
- Applications from outside LA
- 5
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
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 (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill61%
64 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- Boys / girls
- 40 / 24
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 64 / 105 (61%)
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- FSM pupils
- 11
- 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
- Ms Caroline Powell
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Danehill
- Postcode
- RH17 7JB
- Town
- Haywards Heath
- County
- East Sussex
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- District
- Wealden
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
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, East Sussex, 64 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 17.2%. 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.
Nutley Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Uckfield · TN22 3NW · East Sussex
Ages 5–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM11.7%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
Other independent school
Haywards Heath · RH17 7HT · East Sussex
Ages 2–14
0.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Caroline Powell
- Telephone
- 01825790388