St Lawrence CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Hassocks, 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 Lawrence CofE Primary School is a primary school in Hassocks, West Sussex for ages 5–11 (academy converter). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Lawrence 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 65 first-choice applications for 70 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's inspection on 20 January 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 2 November 2021, was Good.
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
- Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9UY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 599 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve well because they enjoy learning.”
- “They speak with excitement about what they have learned, with even the youngest pupils enjoying explaining their thinking.”
- “Teaching helps pupils remember key ideas and use them again.”
To improve
- “Despite positive improvements, leaders have not yet secured consistently high attendance for these groups.”
- “Pupils build knowledge over time, across the curriculum, although teaching sometimes misses opportunities to deepen understanding further.”
- “Teachers identify reasonable adjustments and usually apply them effectively, although leaders recognise that sometimes adaptations are not yet consistently embedded into classroom practice.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2026 (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: 65 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 65 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.
- Albourne Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hassocks Infant School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southway Junior School 2.0 mi Not judged
- The Windmills Junior School 2.1 mi Good
- The Gattons Infant School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- London Meed Community Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill 2.8 mi Good Last distance published