Funtington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.27 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Funtington Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Funtington 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 | 5.27 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 5.27 miles, 9th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- Reception's 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Heather Close, West Ashling, Chichester, PO18 8DR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Funtington flourish personally.”
- “The exceptional personal development programme brings out pupils’ wonderful character attributes.”
- “The school acts as one family.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, some teachers have not checked pupils’ understanding over time.”
- “This has led to some pupils with knowledge gaps in their learning and, therefore, hindered them from reaching higher standards.”
- “However, the school can see that teachers are not always setting the right work and also not providing pupils with enough opportunities to extend and practise their writing skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 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) | 56% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bosham Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fishbourne CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southbourne Infant School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Junior School 2.5 mi School remains Good
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lavant Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published