Heron Way Primary School
About the school
Heron Way Primary School 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
- 20 February 2024
- Published
- 24 April 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 95%
- West Sussex
- 60%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 17%
- West Sussex
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 100%
- West Sussex
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 98%
- West Sussex
- 71%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 97%
- West Sussex
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 93%
- West Sussex
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 47%
- West Sussex
- 25%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 90%
- West Sussex
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 111
- West Sussex
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 109
- West Sussex
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- 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
418
Girls
55.26%
Boys
44.74%
SEN support
10.53%
Education, health and care plan
1.67%
English as an additional language
6.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
6.70%
Overall absence
3.38
Persistent absence
3.01