St. Mark's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Haywards Heath, 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 🔒
St. Mark's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Haywards Heath, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St. Mark's CofE 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, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as did 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers (1.0 per offer, 57th highest of 205 West Sussex primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2024/25 figure was 13% (England 8%).
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
- Brantridge Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “They are happy and have warm relationships with nurturing staff.”
- “Every morning, pupils enjoy being greeted by the school dog, ‘Clementine’.”
- “Pupils behave well in lessons.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers’ subject knowledge is still developing.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 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) | 47% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Handcross Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Balcombe Cofe Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodgate Primary Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower Beeding 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Harlands Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bolney CofE Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colgate Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published