The Bewbush Academy
Dorsten Place, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 8XW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Lucy Cooper
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 459
- URN
- 138050
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01293534897
About this school
The Bewbush Academy is a primary academy in Crawley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 459 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Bewbush Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
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
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 77 | 83 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 51% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 65% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 61% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 60% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
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 The Bewbush Academy 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 | 51% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 568 |
| 2023/24 | 523 |
| 2024/25 | 482 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Bewbush Academy compares
The Bewbush Academy ranked 76th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 6.1% | 33% | 459 | — |
| Waterfield Primary School | 63% | 6.6% | 31.7% | 404 | 0.4 miles |
| Gossops Green Primary | 59% | 5% | 24% | 582 | 0.6 miles |
| Kilnwood Vale Primary School | — | 6.3% | 10.7% | 382 | 0.7 miles |
| Seymour Primary School | 77% | 4.7% | 32% | 455 | 0.7 miles |
| The Mill Primary Academy | 76% | 4.9% | 20.7% | 531 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.99%
- English as an additional language
- 42.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.09%
- Persistent absence
- 16.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Waterfield Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Gossops Green Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Kilnwood Vale Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Horsham
-
Seymour Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
The Mill Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Crawley
Other schools in Crawley
The Bewbush Academy ranks 10th of the 23 ranked primary 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 The Bewbush Academy teach?
- The Bewbush Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Crawley.
- Who is the headteacher of The Bewbush Academy?
- The headteacher of The Bewbush Academy is Miss Lucy Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Bewbush Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Bewbush Academy, 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 The Bewbush Academy?
- The Bewbush Academy has 459 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Bewbush Academy full?
- The Bewbush Academy has capacity for 630 pupils and 459 on roll (73%), so it has space against 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 The Bewbush Academy a faith school?
- No. The Bewbush Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does The Bewbush Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Bewbush Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Is The Bewbush Academy part of an academy trust?
- The Bewbush Academy is part of THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Bewbush Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Bewbush Academy compare with other schools in West Sussex?
- The Bewbush Academy ranked 76th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Bewbush Academy's absence rate?
- The Bewbush Academy's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Bewbush Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Bewbush Academy'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 1 July 2026.