North Heath Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Horsham, 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 🔒
North Heath Community Primary School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
North Heath Community 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 47 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
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
- Erica Way, Horsham, RH12 5XL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and secure at North Heath Community Primary School.”
- “They grow in confidence during their time here because they are valued and listened to.”
- “They strive to meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do not have their barriers to learning considered carefully enough.”
- “When this happens, learning for these pupils can slow.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 68% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 47 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.
- Holbrook Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School, Horsham 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingslea Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trafalgar Community Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakfields Primary School, Horsham 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenway Junior School 1.0 mi Good
- St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, Horsham 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leechpool Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published