Primary school

Blackwell Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • West Sussex
  • RH19 3JL
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,784 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 59%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 67%67%2016/17: top 83%2017/18: top 96%2018/19: top 80%2022/23: top 50%50% · 2022/232023/24: top 50%2024/25: top 59%No exams

Against South EastArrows: South East rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM61% · South East 64%4/10 Below+22.3 pts
Higher standard, RWM8% · South East 7%6/10 Middle+24.4 pts
Reading score105 · South East 1063/10 Below+18.1 pts
Maths score105 · South East 1055/10 Middle+43.4 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 47% · 17 pupils · South East 57%2016/17: 47% · 30 pupils · South East 65%2017/18: 37% · 30 pupils · South East 68%2018/19: 54% · 59 pupils · South East 68%2022/23: 62% · 63 pupils · South East 61%2023/24: 63% · 46 pupils · South East 62%2024/25: 61% · 61 pupils · South East 64%63%37%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 6% · 17 pupils · South East 5%2016/17: 3% · 30 pupils · South East 8%2017/18: 0% · 30 pupils · South East 10%2018/19: 7% · 59 pupils · South East 10%2022/23: 2% · 63 pupils · South East 7%2023/24: 2% · 46 pupils · South East 7%2024/25: 8% · 61 pupils · South East 7%8%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 17 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 101 · 30 pupils · South East 1052017/18: 104 · 30 pupils · South East 1062018/19: 102 · 59 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 104 · 63 pupils · South East 1062023/24: 104 · 46 pupils · South East 1062024/25: 105 · 61 pupils · South East 106105101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 17 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 100 · 30 pupils · South East 1042017/18: 101 · 30 pupils · South East 1052018/19: 101 · 59 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 104 · 63 pupils · South East 1042023/24: 103 · 46 pupils · South East 1042024/25: 105 · 61 pupils · South East 105105100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in64.4%
29 of 45 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 64.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4529
2nd310
3rd250

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2011Goodas predecessor
  4. 2016Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2019Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026294
Free school meals (past 6 years)18.8%
First language not English9.3%
SEN support16.7%
EHC plan4.6%
Absence (sessions missed)5.6%
Persistently absent pupils13.4%

Girls 51.5%Boys 48.5%

75.4% full · 390 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.6
Pupils per adult14.1
  • Classroom teachers 12.6
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 7.3
  • Other support 4.5

Teachers 13.6 FTE · Whole workforce 25.4 · 47 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,559
Spend per pupil£6,191
Staff spend per pupil£5,093
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£119,000in-year balance

Grants £6,432 · self-generated £127 · premises £241 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: EVERYCHILD PARTNERSHIP TRUST (7 academies) · trust reserve £7,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it