Northlands Wood Primary Academy is a primary academy in Haywards Heath, United Kingdom with 419 pupils, part of Sussex Learning Trust. As of 12 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Teaching Assistant (closes 25 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Jeremy Way, Headteacher
Trust or group
Sussex Learning Trust
Type
Academy, Primary
Pupils
419 pupils · 45% girls · 11.5% eligible for free school meals · 10.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
74 (17.7%) on SEN support · 17 (4.1%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
TEACHING ASSISTANTStart date: ASAP31.25 hours per week, term time only Support grade C £25615 - £26017 fte (actual starting salary £18,089.77 - £18,373.67 based on 31.25 hours)At…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
67%
5%
2023/24
63%
7%
2022/23
64%
5%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
7 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
11 February 2020
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
21.4
19.6
–
0
£48,272
2024/25
20.8
19.9
5%
0
£49,418
2023/24
19.4
21.4
5%
0
£43,741
2022/23
19.2
21.6
3%
0
£40,814
2021/22
18.9
21.4
0%
0
£40,512
2020/21
17.9
22.8
0%
0
£39,190
Earlier years (2017/18 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
18.5
21.3
0%
0
£36,531
2018/19
19.7
19.0
8%
0
£34,482
2017/18
15.1
23.9
5%
0
£34,070
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.7%
0.9%
9.9%
0.8%
2024/25
5.5%
0.8%
10.7%
0.6%
2023/24
6.0%
0.8%
16.5%
0.5%
2022/23
6.1%
1.1%
15.3%
0.6%
2021/22
7.1%
0.8%
21.2%
1.1%
2020/21
4.9%
0.1%
17.2%
0.0%
Earlier years (2017/18 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.2%
0.6%
8.6%
0.3%
2017/18
3.9%
0.5%
7.9%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 support. Most often advertised: Teaching Assistant (2). Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.