Upper Beeding Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Steyning, 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 🔒
Upper Beeding Primary School is a primary school in Steyning, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Upper Beeding 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
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 1 of the 4 earlier Reception years, places ran out and a last distance was published; in 2026 every applicant was offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- School Road, Upper Beeding, Steyning, BN44 3HY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 298 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Upper Beeding Primary is a welcoming school.”
- “The warm and nurturing relationships between staff and pupils shine through the school.”
- “They reflect the school’s values of teamwork, kindness, curiosity, and creativity.”
To improve
- “However, the school is aware that this is not the case in some subjects.”
- “In those subjects where the important knowledge is not as clearly identified, the curriculum is not delivered as effectively.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build or deepen their knowledge as well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 April 2025 (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) | 61% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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.
- Steyning CofE Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Lancing Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashurst CofE Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buckingham Park Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swiss Gardens Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published