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Inspected Jun 2026 · View report
77% combined
KS2 Expected Standard
2024-25
1.97 miles
Last offer
2026-27
How far did offers reach?
September 2026 entry: everyone who put it first was offered a place (21 of 21); 154 applied for 30 places.
1.97 miles was the furthest place offered for 2026-27; it may not have been a cut-off.
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0.7 first-choice applicants per place
Source · the council's offer figures and DfE admissions statistics, 2026-27
Source · Ofsted · Inspected Jun 2026
Source · DfE school performance tables
Total spending per pupil (academy accounts return)
Source · DfE financial benchmarking, 2024-25
Type
Academy
Phase
Primary
Age Range
4 - 11
Gender
Co-educational
Pupils per year group
~29*
Principal
Mrs Emma Saunders
* Pupils on roll divided by the year groups in the school's age range. This is not a class size.
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1.97miles
was the furthest place offered for 2026-27 (Reception). The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.
September 2026 entry: everyone who put it first was offered a place (21 of 21); 154 applied for 30 places.
Last distance offered at Blackthorns Community Primary School, year by year →
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2026-27 (Reception):
Published by West Sussex County Council in the Information for Parents Appendix 1 for entry in September 2026: the oversubscription criteria of every school that does not use the county's standard list for community and voluntary controlled schools. The figure beside each criterion is the number of places allocated under it for September 2025 entry. Total offers Published by West Sussex County Council in the Information for Parents Appendix 1 for entry in September 2026: the oversubscription criteria of every school that does not use the county's standard list for community and voluntary controlled schools. The figure beside each criterion is the number of places allocated under it for September 2025 entry. Total offers Published by West Sussex County Council in the Information for Parents Appendix 1 for entry in September 2026: the oversubscription criteria of every school that does not use the county's standard list for community and voluntary controlled schools. The figure beside each criterion is the number of places allocated under it for September 2025 entry. Total offers
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
Ofsted gave no overall grade at its inspection in June 2026. School Atlas summarises the 6 judgements Ofsted made as Expected standard. This is our summary, not Ofsted's own grade.
Blackthorns Community Primary School has 203 pupils on roll.
In 2024-25, 77% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.
Blackthorns Community Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.
Blackthorns Community Primary School is located in Haywards Heath, RH16 2UA, West Sussex.
Blackthorns Community Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
The furthest place offered at Blackthorns Community Primary School for 2026-27 (Reception) was 1.97 miles from the school. The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.
When Blackthorns Community Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children with an Education Health and Care Plan; 2. Looked after children (children in public care) and previously looked after children; 3. Children who need a place at the academy on exceptional and compelling social, psychological or medical grounds. Evidence must be provided, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point.
According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 76.8% of pupils at Blackthorns Community Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.
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