Midhurst CofE Primary School
Ashfield Road, Midhurst, GU29 9JXOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Midhurst CofE Primary School is a primary school in Midhurst for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 332 schools in West Sussex. It ranks 176th of 189 primary schools in West Sussex. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 3 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 21 January 2025
The school's ambition for all pupils to achieve well, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), is clear. However, pupils do not achieve as well as they should because the curriculum is not fully developed. Curriculum delivery is stronger in the early years. Pupils at the school truly enjoy coming to this highly inclusive school. Staff warmly welcome pupils into school each day. Pupils, including pupils with SEND, say that they feel safe in school and that staff truly listen to what they are saying. Parents and carers appreciate the care and thought that staff show them. Pupils, including children in the early years, engage fully in their lessons. Pupils conduct themselves well around the school. Pupils display the school values in the way older pupils play happily alongside younger pupils during social times. Pupils' wider development is exemplary and very well-considered. Pupils take full advantage of the wide range of activities that the school provides for them alongside the academic curriculum, for example taking part in the many clubs, such as cookery and gardening. The school enhances pupils' understanding of how to take responsibility, for example through the leadership roles in school such as subject ambassadors and eco warriors.
What the school should improve
- Some teachers do not check pupils' understanding of the knowledge taught well enough. Consequently, they are not able to adapt their teaching, and pupils' learning slows. Leaders should ensure there is a consistent approach to identifying and addressing pupils' knowledge gaps.
- In several subjects, the school has not ensured that the most important knowledge is clear enough to teachers. In these subjects, teachers are hindered in designing learning that supports pupils to build logically on what they already know. The school should ensure that teachers are clear about the essential knowledge that pupils should learn.
- Sometimes pupils with SEND do not always get the opportunities they need to extend their thinking. As a result, these pupils do not achieve as well as they could. The school should ensure that staff are well equipped to support pupils with SEND appropriately across the curriculum.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
30 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
183 pupils on roll, with places for 240
Schools near Midhurst CofE Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easebourne CofE Primary School | 1 mile | Report card: Needs attention to expected standard | 38% met the expected standard |
| Stedham Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Not published |
| Graffham Church of England Infant School (Voluntary Controlled) | 4 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Not published |
| Hollycombe Primary School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 35% met the expected standard |
| Fernhurst Primary School | 5 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Jefferson
- Phone
- 01730813526
- Address
- Ashfield Road, Midhurst, GU29 9JX
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- URN
- 125988
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.