The Windmills Junior School is a primary school located in Hassocks. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 07/02/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Dale Avenue, Hassocks

School Information

Address: Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LS
Website: http://www.windmills.w-sussex.sch.uk
Telephone: 01273842421
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: West Sussex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Leila Murray
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 125939

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/02/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 390
Number of Pupils: 363
Number of Boys: 190
Number of Girls: 173

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -0.9 Confidence interval -2.2 to 0.5
Writing
Below Average: -1.5 Confidence interval -2.7 to -0.3
Maths
Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -1.8 to 0.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:70%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Windmills Junior School
Dale Avenue , BN6 8LS 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Hassocks Infant School
Chancellors Park , BN6 8EY 		4out of 4 583 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ditchling (St Margaret's) Church of England Primary School
Lewes Road , BN6 8TU 		3out of 4 1,977 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Downlands Community School
Dale Avenue , BN6 8LP 		4out of 4 132 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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