Thakeham Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Pulborough · RH20 3AA · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM7.7%
- Demand1.27
1.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 125874
Storrington Primary School
Community school · Pulborough · RH20 4PG
Ages 4–11 · 361 pupils · West Sussex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
57%
Overall absence
6.4%
Admissions demand
0.92 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-02-20
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)57%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.4%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 340
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
0.92 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
45
Places offered
49
1st-preference offers
45
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 95
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 49
- 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 fill86%
361 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 361
- Boys / girls
- 188 / 173
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 361 / 420 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- FSM pupils
- 46
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Nick Choate
Location
- Address
- Spierbridge Road, Storrington
- Postcode
- RH20 4PG
- Town
- Pulborough
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Pulborough, West Sussex, 361 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 12.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
West Chiltington Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Pulborough · RH20 2JY · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM7.3%
- Demand0.88
2.4 miles away
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Pulborough · RH20 4AP · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM2.1%
- Demand1.07
2.4 miles away
Ashington CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Pulborough · RH20 3PG · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM6.3%
- Demand0.93
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Nick Choate
- Telephone
- 01903742047