Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill

West SussexCommunity school

Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP

Headteacher: Miss Sylvia WhiteSchool website ↗Pupils: 407 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted Good
Inspected November 2022
Oversubscribed
75% of first-choice applicants offered a place
76%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected November 2022
75%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 2 November 2022Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
76.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
5.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 87%·Writing 78%·Maths 82%All three 76%
Reading
Expected87%
Exceeding53%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected78%
Exceeding5%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected82%
Exceeding27%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
80
How many got their first choice?
60of 80 (75.0%)
How many applied in total?
169

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
9.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
11.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
15.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
209 girls, 198 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 76% Reading, Writing & Maths

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1651.0%2.0%-2.9-0.6-4.3
2016/1756.0%6.0%-2.3-2.3-4.4
2017/1845.0%0.0%-3.2-4.9-5.9
2018/1965.0%10.0%+0.6-0.9-1.2
2022/2363.0%0.0%+3.8+1.7+2.7
2023/2458.0%4.0%---
2024/2576.0%5.0%---