The Gattons Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.91 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Gattons Infant School is a primary school in Burgess Hill, West Sussex for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
The Gattons 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 | 1.91 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 Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 1.91 miles away, the 35th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further than in 2025 and 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 78 first-choice applications for 90 Reception offers; 77 went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 10.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 14.2%.
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
- Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 250 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this happy and caring school.”
- “They discuss their work excitedly and are proud of their achievements.”
- “Teachers have high expectations and pupils work hard to meet them.”
To improve
- “However, some activities are not designed precisely enough and the skills and knowledge pupils should learn are not always clear.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects this is less effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 77 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.
- Southway Junior School 0.2 mi Not judged
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sheddingdean Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- London Meed Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oak Tree Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Lawrence CofE Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hassocks Infant School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published