Crawley Down Village CofE School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · West Sussex
Hophurst Drive, Crawley, RH10 4XA
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
8.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
396
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
420 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
51 of 51 families who put it first got an offer
56
Places offered
101
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 51 | 51 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 30 | 1 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 20 | 2 | ● 10% |
| Total | 101 | 54 | 53% |
West Sussex lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Oliver Burcombe
- Address
- Hophurst Drive, Crawley Down, Crawley, RH10 4XA
- Phone
- 01342713292
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Ward / constituency
- Crawley Down · East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 151193
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 9% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HURST EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
396 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
24 January 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 366 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
8.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through West Sussex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.