Loxwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Billingshurst, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.19 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Loxwood Primary School is a primary school in Billingshurst, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Loxwood 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 | 2.19 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 2.19 miles away, the 29th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- 35 of the 78 Reception applications (45%) in 2026 came from families living outside West Sussex, and 18 offers went to them.
- In 2026, Reception had 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest West Sussex primary schools.
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
- Nicholsfield, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0SR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to come to school.”
- “They work well and learn to build character through the ‘Loxwood learner life list’.”
- “This gives them a range of opportunities beyond the classroom.”
To improve
- “However, there is more work to do in ensuring consistency when implementing individual learning plans.”
- “Most teachers have secure subject knowledge, although there are some inconsistencies in the delivery of lessons.”
- “However, this information is not consistently used to help plan and adapt the next learning activities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 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) | 53% | 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, 25 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.
- Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rudgwick Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wisborough Green Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Billingshurst Primary Academy 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northchapel Community Primary School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Barns Green Primary School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 6.8 mi Not judged Last distance published