Barns Green Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.21 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barns Green Primary School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Barns Green Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.21 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.21 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- That was the 19th longest of the 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 1.30 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 19 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (5%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Hordens, Barns Green, Horsham, RH13 0PJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 128 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this incredibly nurturing and harmonious place.”
- “They rise to the school’s high expectations of their conduct and learning.”
- “Pupils go out of their way to welcome others to their inclusive school.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally teachers do not check and address pupils’ misconceptions quickly enough.”
- “This means that some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 89% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Southwater Junior Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Southwater Infant Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Castlewood Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Penn School 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Billingshurst Primary Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arunside School, Horsham 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published