Desmond Anderson Primary Academy
About the school
Desmond Anderson Primary Academy is an open primary school in West Sussex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 25 June 2025
- Published
- 14 July 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 51%
- West Sussex
- 60%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- West Sussex
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 72%
- West Sussex
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 71%
- West Sussex
- 71%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 68%
- West Sussex
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 62%
- West Sussex
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 9%
- West Sussex
- 25%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 80%
- West Sussex
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 104
- West Sussex
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 102
- West Sussex
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 103
- West Sussex
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
434
Girls
50.69%
Boys
49.31%
SEN support
18.20%
Education, health and care plan
7.60%
English as an additional language
22.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
23.88%
Overall absence
5.46
Persistent absence
13.41