East Wittering Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
East Wittering Community 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 22 March 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
East Wittering Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as were applicants at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
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
- Stocks Lane, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8NH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 247 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “In the words of the school’s vision, pupils are happy to be ‘growing together’.”
- “One parent commented, reflecting the views of many, ‘It is a lovely school with caring teachers.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in teachers’ subject knowledge.”
- “Consequently, not all pupils are achieving as well as they could across the curriculum.”
- “However, there are some relatively minor inconsistencies in the teaching of reading that mean that some pupils do not learn to read as rapidly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2023 (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) | 59% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 30 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.
- West Wittering Parochial Church of England School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Birdham CE Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sidlesham Primary School 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Medmerry Primary School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Seal Primary Academy 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bosham Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorney Island Community Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chidham Parochial Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published