Jessie Younghusband Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.74 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Jessie Younghusband Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Jessie Younghusband 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 | 0.74 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 drew 43 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.74 miles away, the 24th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.30 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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
- Acres Drive, Chichester, PO19 3RE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 June 2024
Strengths
- “The school is extremely ambitious for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabled (SEND).”
- “There is an inclusive and positive culture that supports all pupils well.”
- “Trusting and warm relationships with staff mean that pupils feel safe and happy in school.”
To improve
- “However, this is not done consistently across the school.”
- “Consequently, in some wider curriculum subjects, learning does not routinely build on what pupils remember over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 75% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Parklands Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Joseph's Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Fishbourne CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Portfield Primary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lavant Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published