Castlewood Primary School

West SussexCommunity school

Castlewood Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9US

Headteacher: Mrs Kirsty Anstee-BrownSchool website ↗Pupils: 204 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
84% of first-choice applicants offered a place
72%
Reading, Writing & Maths
84%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

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.
72.0%
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%.
17.0%
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 90%·Writing 90%·Maths 90%All three 72%
Reading
Expected90%
Exceeding48%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected90%
Exceeding17%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected90%
Exceeding45%
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?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
27of 32 (84.4%)
How many applied in total?
109

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
7.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
3.0%
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).
14.0%
Boys and girls
46%girls·54%boys
93 girls, 111 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 73% (2022/23), currently 72%

* 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
2015/1657.0%0.0%-0.9-4.4-2.0
2016/1766.0%17.0%+0.8-2.1-0.7
2017/1869.0%0.0%+0.4-3.3+0.5
2018/1972.0%3.0%-0.9-2.1+0.3
2022/2373.0%8.0%+2.4+0.1+3.9
2023/2473.0%7.0%---
2024/2572.0%17.0%---