OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
27 November 2024
Latest published outcome
Improved significantly
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
West Sussex
Trust
THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
455
436 full-time ·
19 part-time
Female pupils
222
48.8% of pupils
Male pupils
233
51.2% of pupils
5.3 pts
above England
School
30.1%
Crawley
21.9%
South East
19.0%
England
24.8%
31.6 pts
above England
School
51.9%
Crawley
31.2%
South East
15.6%
England
20.3%
0.8 pts
below England
School
0.2%
Crawley
1.0%
South East
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
10.8%
49
Any other Mixed background
8.8%
40
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
19.3%
88 of
455 pupils
1.5 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
16.0%
73 pupils
England
14.8%
1.3 pts
above
EHC plans
3.3%
15 pupils
England
6.0%
2.7 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
32
Moderate learning difficulty
22
Specific learning difficulty
15
Social, emotional & mental health
11
Autistic spectrum disorder
6
Other difficulty or disability
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.74%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.48 pts
lower than
England
School
4.74%
Crawley
6.24%
South East
6.30%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
11.28%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.53 pts
lower than
England
School
11.28%
Crawley
16.15%
South East
15.75%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.51%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.29 pts
lower than
England
School
0.51%
Crawley
1.47%
South East
1.93%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
76.9%
11.3 pts
below England
Seymour Primary School
76.9%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.