Forge Wood Primary School[1]
Primary · ages 4–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 51% 51% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 51% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 103 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 103 2024/25[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 21 Jan 2025[5]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
- Report published
- 18 Mar 2025[5]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[5]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[5]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.1 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 188 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 67 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 60 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[7]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 203[7] | 70[7] | 58[7] | 3.5[7] | 1.2[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 195[7] | 93[7] | 57[7] | 3.4[7] | 1.6[7] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 199[7] | 100[7] | 60[7] | 3.3[7] | 1.7[7] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 188[7] | 78[7] | 60[7] | 3.1[7] | 1.3[7] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 420[1]
- Trust
- GLF SCHOOLS[1]
- Local authority
- West Sussex[1]
- Website
- www.forgewoodschool.org[1]
- District
- Crawley[8]
- Postcode
- RH10 3SW[1]
- URN
- 140651[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 415 2024/25[9]
- English as an additional language
- 21.9% 2024/25[9]
- SEN support
- 11.1% 2024/25[9]
- EHC plan
- 3.6% 2024/25[9]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 18.6% 2024/25[9]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 54.8%[10]
- Mixed
- 20.2%[10]
- Asian
- 17.4%[10]
- Black
- 3.3%[10]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.5%[10]
- Unclassified
- 3.8%[10]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.