Arunside School, Horsham
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Arunside School, Horsham is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Arunside School, Horsham 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 | 0.50 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.50 miles away, the 11th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.30 miles).
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Blackbridge Lane, Horsham, RH12 1RR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 413 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Each day, pupils are eager to come to school.”
- “Pupils are kind and accepting of one another.”
- “They talk positively about welcoming any recently arrived pupils into their school community.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not consistently check whether pupils have learned as much as they should.”
- “Pupils, therefore, have some gaps in their understanding and cannot always recall and apply different knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 October 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) | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- St John's Catholic Primary School 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenway Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trafalgar Community Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingslea Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Heath Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heron Way Primary School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published