North Lancing Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Lancing, 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 🔒
North Lancing Primary School is a primary school in Lancing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
North Lancing 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 was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 4 earlier years.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2018 to 2023.
- For Reception 2026, there were 51 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Mill Road, Adur, Lancing, BN15 0PT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 407 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “North Lancing Primary School is a warm and welcoming place.”
- “They are well cared for by nurturing staff.”
- “High expectations are set for what pupils will learn.”
To improve
- “However, continued staff training is required to ensure that this is consistently effective.”
- “However, on occasion, teachers do not always check pupil’s understanding as well as they could.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not progress to more complex learning as quickly as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 50% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 51 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.
- The Globe Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Seaside Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sompting Village Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramber Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swiss Gardens Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Downsbrook Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whytemead Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published