Sidlesham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.96 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sidlesham Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Sidlesham 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 | 2.96 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 2.96 miles from the school, the 23rd longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception entry there were 17 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 16 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- Keynor Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester, PO20 7NL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 25 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and their parents enjoy being part of this tight-knit community.”
- “Pupils love their school, feeling safe and very well cared for by staff.”
- “Strong relationships exist between pupils across year groups.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that changes in leadership over recent years have had a negative impact on pupils’ learning.”
- “However, current weaknesses in how the curriculum is designed and delivered means that pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, while the new curriculum is being prepared, there is not currently clear oversight of how well pupils are learning across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 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) | 60% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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.
- Birdham CE Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Medmerry Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Seal Primary Academy 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Wittering Community Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rose Green Infant School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Mundham Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rose Green Junior School 3.5 mi Outstanding
- Kingsham Primary School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published