Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.59 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill is a primary school in Burgess Hill, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill 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 | 0.59 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.59 miles away, the 16th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Staff know the pupils and their families well.”
- “Pupils say that they feel happy and enjoy all that the school offers.”
- “As one pupil said, ‘This school is the best because my friends are here, the teachers are kind and they help us to learn.’”
To improve
- “However, a small number of these pupils are not always learning the curriculum in a step-by-step way.”
- “There are frequent interruptions to their learning because their behaviour is not always consistently well managed by staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2023 (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) | 76% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- London Meed Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oak Tree Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sheddingdean Community Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Gattons Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Southway Junior School 1.5 mi Not judged
- Hassocks Infant School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Windmills Junior School 2.2 mi Good