William Penn School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
William Penn School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
William Penn 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, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 15 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 19.9.
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
- Brooks Green Road, Coolham, Horsham, RH13 8GR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Quaker
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 84 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “William Penn School provides a kind and caring environment in which pupils learn to get on well together.”
- “They feel safe at school and know that adults will support them if they have any worries.”
- “Pupils value the school’s small size and like the way that pupils of different ages mix.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve well enough in some subjects across the curriculum by the time that they leave.”
- “While many pupils work hard in lessons, some find it difficult to sustain their focus on learning.”
- “They do not make as much progress through the curriculum as they should and occasionally distract others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 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) | 64% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Shipley CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barns Green Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Billingshurst Primary Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southwater Infant Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Southwater Junior Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good
- West Chiltington Community Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castlewood Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashington CofE Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published