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
1.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 126015
St. Mark's CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Haywards Heath · RH17 6EN
Ages 4–11 · 100 pupils · West Sussex
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
75%
Overall absence
6.6%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-14
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)75%
Higher standard (RWM)6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.8%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 101
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
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
13
Places offered
15
1st-preference offers
13
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 42
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 15
- 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 (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill95%
100 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- Boys / girls
- 52 / 48
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 100 / 105 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 19%
- FSM pupils
- 19
- 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 Laura Kelsey
Location
- Address
- Brantridge Lane, Staplefield
- Postcode
- RH17 6EN
- Town
- Haywards Heath
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to 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, West Sussex, 100 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 19%. 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.
Balcombe Cofe Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 6HS · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- FSM7.9%
2.4 miles away
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Haywards Heath · RH17 5BQ · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- FSM8.1%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Laura Kelsey
- Telephone
- 01444400398