West Chiltington Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Pulborough, 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 🔒
West Chiltington Community Primary School is a primary school in Pulborough, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
West Chiltington Community 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 there were 19 first-choice applications for 27 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 205 West Sussex primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, including every first-choice family, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
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
- East Street, West Chiltington, Pulborough, RH20 2JY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school with its motto of ‘be kind, work hard, have fun’.”
- “They know that these aims are kept at the forefront of the school’s work.”
- “They develop well into confident, articulate young people with a thirst for learning.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, teachers do not use strategies and resources that enable pupils to achieve as well as they could.”
- “For example, in mathematics, pupils do not always have sufficient, appropriate opportunities to explore mathematical concepts and ideas.”
- “However, in a few subjects, subject leadership is at an earlier stage of development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 February 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) | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 19 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.
- Thakeham Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Storrington Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashington CofE Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Penn School 3.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shipley CofE Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published