Rusper Primary School
- Primary
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages 4 to 11
URN 150703 · West Sussex · BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest graded inspection
7 December 2022Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Ofsted category: Serious weaknesses.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- No
This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against West Sussex and England, primary schools.
Overall absence
2024/254.6%
- West Sussex
- 5.1%
- England
- 5.2%
0.6 percentage points lower than England.
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/259.0%
- West Sussex
- 11.7%
- England
- 13.0%
4.0 percentage points lower than England.
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/251.1%
- West Sussex
- 0.8%
- England
- 0.9%
0.2 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 2 results
Against West Sussex and England, primary schools.
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard
2024/25Not publishedNot applicable to this school
- West Sussex
- 60%
- England
- 63%
Show the figures as a table
| Year | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 56% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 56% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 57% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | Not published | 60% | 63% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | Not published | 60% | 63% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard
2024/25Not publishedNot applicable to this school
- West Sussex
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Show the figures as a table
| Year | This school | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 4% | 7% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 5% | 8% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 5% | 8% |
| 2024/25 | Not published | 6% | 8% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | Not published | 5% | 9% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against West Sussex and England, primary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2620.7
- West Sussex
- 21.6
- England
- 21.2
0.5 lower than England.
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/25Not publishedNot published for this school
- West Sussex
- 5.2 days
- England
- 5.0 days
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 93
- Capacity
- 105
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
- Opened
- 1 March 2025
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 7 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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