Northgate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Crawley, 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 🔒
Northgate Primary School is a primary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Northgate 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 67 first-choice applications for 70 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex that have results.
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
- Green Lane, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 8DX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 649 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 January 2022
Strengths
- “Northgate Primary is a school where pupils’ voices are heard.”
- “Their views are valued; their behaviour is understood and staff have high expectations for them.”
- “As one pupil commented, ‘teachers understand how we think and this helps us to learn’.”
To improve
- “A few parents and pupils feel that, in spite of action from the school, bullying incidents do not stop completely.”
- “However, leaders know that there is more work to do to establish the most effective methods of formally assessing what pupils know and remember in all subjects.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their knowledge, not only as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because of previously low expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2022 (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: 67 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 67 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.
- Three Bridges Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- West Green Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Langley Green Primary 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milton Mount Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published