Turners Hill CofE Primary School
Church Road, Turners Hill, Crawley, RH10 4PA
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Turners Hill Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Turney
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 135
- URN
- 126010
- Local authority
- West Sussex
About this school
Turners Hill CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Crawley. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 135 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Turners Hill CofE Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 84% | 89% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 21% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 89% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 89% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 79% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Turners Hill CofE 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 | 81% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 89% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 142 |
| 2023/24 | 133 |
| 2024/25 | 135 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Turners Hill CofE Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 89% | 4.7% | 14.1% | 135 | — |
| Turners Hill Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 140 | 0.0 miles |
| Crawley Down Village CofE School | — | 5% | 10.4% | 396 | 1.6 miles |
| West Hoathly CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 99 | 2.2 miles |
| Fairway Infant School, Copthorne | — | 7.5% | 9.7% | 171 | 2.7 miles |
| Maidenbower Junior School | 63% | 4.6% | 12.8% | 559 | 2.9 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)
- 14.07%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.69%
- Persistent absence
- 5.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Turners Hill Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Crawley Down Village CofE School1.6 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
West Hoathly CofE Primary School2.2 miles
Primary
-
Fairway Infant School, Copthorne2.7 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Maidenbower Junior School2.9 miles
Primary · Crawley
Other schools in Crawley
- Broadfield Primary Academy Primary
- Brook Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Crawley Down Village CofE School Primary
- Desmond Anderson Primary Academy Primary
- Fairway Infant School, Copthorne Primary
- Forge Wood Primary School Primary
- Gossops Green Primary Primary
- Hilltop Primary School Primary
- Langley Green Primary Primary
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Maidenbower Junior School Primary
- Milton Mount Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Turners Hill CofE Primary School teach?
- Turners Hill CofE Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Crawley.
- Has Turners Hill CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Turners Hill CofE Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Turners Hill CofE Primary School?
- Turners Hill CofE Primary School had 135 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Turners Hill CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 89% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Turners Hill CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Turners Hill CofE 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 31 October 2025.