Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Horsham · RH13 8PL · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 126002
William Penn School
Voluntary controlled school · Horsham · RH13 8GR
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
84
Local authority
West Sussex
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 Horsham, West Sussex, 84 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 11.9%. Religious character: Quaker.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 126002
Location
- Address
- Brooks Green Road, Coolham
- Postcode
- RH13 8GR
- Town
- Horsham
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 84
- Boys / girls
- 44 / 40
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 84 / 105 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 11.9%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Quaker
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Colin Brookes
- Telephone
- 01403741274
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-07-09
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 55%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0