Primary school in Select, West Sussex
West Hoathly CofE Primary School
North Lane, West Hoathly, Select, West Sussex, RH19 4QG
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 3 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 99
- Places
- 140
- How full
- 71% full — 99 of 140 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 57 / 42
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Mid Sussex 006D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 43%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 10%
- Households owning their home
- 81%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 6%
- Adults economically inactive
- 37%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- HURST EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Samantha Dann
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward
- Lindfield Rural & High Weald
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- URN
- 151828
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turners Hill Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 2.2 mi |
| St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 63% | 2.3 mi |
| St Giles CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 33% | 2.9 mi |
| The Meads Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 53% | 3.3 mi |
| Crawley Down Village CofE SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 3.3 mi |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 58% | 3.7 mi |
| Balcombe Cofe Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 63% | 3.7 mi |
| Halsford Park Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 71% | 3.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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