Blackwell Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · East Grinstead, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.43 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blackwell Primary School is a primary school in East Grinstead, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Blackwell 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 | 0.43 mi |
| 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, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.43 miles away, 8th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 45 first-choice applications for 29 offers, all 29 to first-choice families; 16 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 18.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 8.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
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
- Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 294 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Blackwell Primary, and they are keen to learn.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Staff encourage pupils to be confident when studying new concepts.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ intent for subject leaders to evaluate their curriculum is not yet fully embedded.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not always benefit from curriculum changes that will strengthen their learning.”
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not identify the knowledge that pupils have not understood.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 61% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Estcots Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halsford Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashurst Wood Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crawley Down Village CofE School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published