Rusper Primary School
Primary school · Academy sponsor led · ages 4 to 11 · Mixed
Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
- Pupils93
- Ages4 to 11
- Latest Ofsted7 Dec 2022
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection · 7 Dec 2022
This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Category of concern: Serious weaknesses. What this means.
Overall effectiveness: Inadequate
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementInadequate
- Early years provisionGood
- Safeguarding is effectiveNo
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools · report published 2 Feb 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 93 (capacity 105)
42 girls, 51 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 18.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Attendance
Overall absence
The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).
2024/25
Persistent absence
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy sponsor led (Academies)
- Phase
- Primary
- Trust
- BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Bohunt Education Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 March 2025
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Horsham
- URN
- 150703 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
For a place at the usual starting age you apply through your home council (where you live), even if the school is in another area — not to the school. You can usually name several schools in order of preference.
Apply for a primary place (GOV.UK)
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.