St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School, Haywards Heath
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Haywards Heath, part of Hurst Education Trust Limited. It has a Church of England religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 13th-highest of the 18 schools in Haywards Heath with published results, and 8,749th of 14,452 across England. It was 95% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to West Sussex (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School in detail
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "St Wilfrid's is a popular school with a strong Christian ethos which has a long and successful history of serving its community. At St Wilfrid's our vision is for our children to thrive and ' Shine as lights in the world '."
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:00am and after-school care.
Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 6pm, an admissions event on Friday 15 January 2027 at 11.59am and an admissions event on Friday 16 April 2027 at 11.59am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in West Sussex
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 72% in West Sussex and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 68% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 49 families put St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School as their first choice and 130 named it as one of their preferences, for 54 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 86% maths); Warden Park Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 82% reading, 72% maths); Northlands Wood Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 78% maths); and Blackthorns Community Primary School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 93% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolWarden Park Primary AcademyNorthlands Wood Primary AcademyBlackthorns Community Primary School
The trust
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is one of 14 schools run by Hurst Education Trust Limited, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
104 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School (as of September 2025): 92% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 74% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (74%).
Who goes there
12.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 10% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (77%) and Asian (7%).
In 2026, 76 pupils (18.2%) received SEN support and 6 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Haywards Heath Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dellney Avenue (adjacent), 300 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School issued 25 suspensions, 6.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in July 2022. Before that, as St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School, Haywards Heath (URN 126056), it was rated Good in May 2019.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's June 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
St Wilfrid's excels at creating an inclusive, welcoming community where every child feels valued and supported. The school is particularly strong in teaching reading, with expert staff ensuring pupils develop fluency and a love of stories from Reception onwards. Pupils benefit from exceptional enrichment opportunities including residential trips, music tuition, and after-school clubs, while those who need extra support with emotions or behaviour receive excellent care.
Key Strengths
- Strong community feel with pupils who are happy, proud and kind to each other
- Excellent support for pupils with special educational needs from early identification through Reception
- Expert teaching of early reading with well-trained staff ensuring pupils read confidently and fluently
- Wide range of enrichment opportunities including trips, after-school clubs, music lessons and orchestra
- Strong leadership that provides good staff support and professional training
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers' subject knowledge is not consistent across all subjects, affecting how clearly key learning is explained
- Staff expertise in teaching early writing stages needs strengthening so all pupils form letters correctly from the start
- Checks on pupils' learning lack precision in some subjects like mathematics, meaning errors and misconceptions are sometimes missed
- Some curricula are less well-developed, leading to learning that doesn't build logically
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created an open, positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Dance club, choir club, school orchestra, musical instrument lessons for all pupils, residential trip to the Isle of Wight, wide range of trips and experiences, before- and after-school care
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School has maintained good standards since its previous inspection. The school provides a broad, engaging education within a strong sense of community where pupils feel happy, included and proud.
At a Glance
12.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
104 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 67% to 71% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 73% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
29.9
Avg class size
29.7
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
14
Total classes
4 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School.
- Holiday HeroesAt the school · Not yet graded
- Stagecoach Haywards Heath Warden Park Site580m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see West Sussex's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is in West Sussex; for families living there:
Apply to West Sussex for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 13 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in West Sussex is 11 (the median across 337 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
401 pupils
420 places
19 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Haywards Heath
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Haywards Heath
Across West Sussex council
Places available
9,608
Applications
8,127
Got 1st preference
92.4%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across West Sussex council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History
Ungraded inspection: Standards have been maintained.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
76
SEN Support
6
EHC Plans
19.6%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
418
Total Pupils
196
Boys
222
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
20
Teachers
20.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£49,791
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£4,955
Per pupil
£2239k
Total funding
£73k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.9%
Overall absence
7.7%
Persistent absence
366
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School
What are SATs results like at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
Of the pupils at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 77% reached the expected standard in reading and 71% did so in maths.
What is St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in July 2022. Before that, as St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School, Haywards Heath (URN 126056), it was rated Good in May 2019.
What is the catchment area for St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is oversubscribed, West Sussex allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 95% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
Classes at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School average 29.9 pupils (2025/26). 4 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School has around 418 pupils on roll. 13% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
4.9% of sessions were missed at St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School in 2024/25. 7.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
Apply through West Sussex's coordinated admissions process, naming St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Holiday Heroes (registered, not yet graded). There is another within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 13 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in West Sussex is 11 (the median across 337 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School?
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is at Eastern Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3NL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)