Bosham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.45 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bosham Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Bosham Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 6.45 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 6.45 miles away, the 4th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024, and every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- 7.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Walton Lane, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8QF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “They understand and live up to the school’s values, striving to be ‘creative, independent, emotionally intelligent and resilient’ learners.”
- “They are thoughtful in how they support each other and how they overcome social challenges.”
- “Staff take every opportunity to interact positively with pupils and get to know them well.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the school is still developing its use of assessment.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not always have the information they need to identify and address gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “As a result, on occasion, the work given to pupils does not build on what they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Chidham Parochial Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Fishbourne CofE Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Funtington Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Infant School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Junior School 2.7 mi School remains Good
- Birdham CE Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published