Kingslea Primary School
Kings Road, Horsham, RH13 5PS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Alexis Conway
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 428
- URN
- 134776
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01403254282
About this school
Kingslea Primary School is a community primary school in Horsham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 428 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 63 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 83% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 13% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 94% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 97% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 97% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.80 | - | - |
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 Kingslea 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 | 74% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 423 |
| 2023/24 | 429 |
| 2024/25 | 426 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingslea Primary School compares
Kingslea Primary School ranked 10th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 3.3% | 6.1% | 428 | — |
| Oakfields Primary School, Horsham | 31% | 7.6% | 25.8% | 222 | 0.7 miles |
| Leechpool Primary School | 73% | 4.3% | 10.6% | 409 | 0.7 miles |
| North Heath Community Primary School | 68% | 4% | 8.8% | 373 | 0.8 miles |
| Heron Way Primary School | 95% | 3.4% | 6.7% | 417 | 0.8 miles |
| Trafalgar Community Infant School | — | 3.8% | 6.1% | 194 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 4 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.1%
- English as an additional language
- 28.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.34%
- Persistent absence
- 4.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakfields Primary School, Horsham0.7 miles
Primary · Horsham
-
Leechpool Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Horsham
-
North Heath Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Horsham
-
Heron Way Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Horsham
-
Trafalgar Community Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Horsham
Other schools in Horsham
Kingslea Primary School ranks 4th of the 26 ranked primary schools in Horsham.
- All Saints CofE Primary School, Horsham Primary
- Arunside School, Horsham Primary
- Barns Green Primary School Primary
- Castlewood Primary School Primary
- Colgate Primary School Primary
- Greenway Junior School Primary
- Heron Way Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower Beeding Primary
- Jolesfield CofE Primary School Primary
- Kilnwood Vale Primary School Primary
- Leechpool Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingslea Primary School teach?
- Kingslea Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Horsham.
- Who is the head teacher of Kingslea Primary School?
- The head teacher of Kingslea Primary School is Mr Alexis Conway, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingslea Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingslea 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 big is Kingslea Primary School?
- Kingslea Primary School has 428 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Kingslea Primary School full?
- Kingslea Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 428 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Kingslea Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kingslea Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kingslea Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kingslea Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Kingslea Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingslea Primary School rank locally?
- Kingslea Primary School ranked 10th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingslea Primary School's absence rate?
- Kingslea Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingslea Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingslea 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 15 July 2026.