Ashurst Wood Primary School
School Lane, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, RH19 3QW
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Ashurst Wood Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Hobby
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 107
- URN
- 125929
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
About this school
Ashurst Wood Primary School was a community primary school in East Grinstead. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 107 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 30% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 65% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 55% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 60% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ashurst Wood Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 136 |
| 2023/24 | 124 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ashurst Wood Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.4% | 14% | 107 | — |
| Ashurst Wood Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 50% | 8.3% | 23.3% | 199 | 1.3 miles |
| Estcots Primary School | 61% | 4.8% | 7.6% | 403 | 1.6 miles |
| The Meads Primary School | 53% | 4.8% | 10.4% | 286 | 1.9 miles |
| Blackwell Primary School | 61% | 5.6% | 18.8% | 294 | 2.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.04%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.38%
- Persistent absence
- 13.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashurst Wood Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · East Grinstead
-
Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery1.3 miles
Primary · Forest Row
-
Estcots Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · East Grinstead
-
The Meads Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · East Grinstead
-
Blackwell Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · East Grinstead
Other schools in East Grinstead
- Ashurst Wood Primary School Primary
- Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead Primary
- Blackwell Primary School Primary
- Estcots Primary School Primary
- Felbridge Primary School Primary
- Halsford Park Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Meads Primary School Primary
- Imberhorne School Secondary
- Sackville School Secondary
- Brambletye School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Ashurst Wood Primary School teach?
- Ashurst Wood Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in East Grinstead.
- Has Ashurst Wood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ashurst Wood Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Ashurst Wood Primary School?
- Ashurst Wood Primary School had 107 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Ashurst Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ashurst Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ashurst Wood Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.