Primary
Waterfield Primary School
Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 8RA
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 404 of 472 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE COLLEGIATE TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.9
- Pupils
- 366
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
63%
Level with the Crawley average (63% across 22 schools)
104.0
1.5 below the Crawley average (105.5 across 22 schools)
19th of 22 by our score, among the primary schools in Crawley we can score - 30 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 65% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 8RA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
West Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Purveur
- Address
- Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 8RA
- Telephone
- 01293548014