Hassocks Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Hassocks, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hassocks Infant School is a primary school in Hassocks, West Sussex for ages 4–7 (community school). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Hassocks Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places had run out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 4 earlier Reception years with a published outcome.
- There were 80 first-choice applications for 85 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
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
- Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 266 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils develop confidence, resilience and enthusiasm for learning in this school’s welcoming and purposeful environment.”
- “Pupils independently start each morning with activities which are designed by staff who understand pupils’ individual needs.”
- “Staff empower pupils by listening to their opinions and valuing their ideas.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue to drive the ongoing refinement of the curriculum implementation, to achieve and sustain exceptional standards of teaching, which has a transformational impact on the achievement of all pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 80 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 80 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.
- The Windmills Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- St Lawrence CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- London Meed Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southway Junior School 2.4 mi Not judged
- The Gattons Infant School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Albourne Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published