Swiss Gardens Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Shoreham-by-Sea, 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 🔒
Swiss Gardens Primary School is a primary school in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Swiss Gardens 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
- In 2026, every Reception applicant was offered a place, as also happened at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 33 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest West Sussex primary schools.
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
- Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 343 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “There is an exceptionally strong sense of community between the pupils, staff, parents and carers at Swiss Gardens Primary school.”
- “Staff know their pupils well, and pupils readily rise to meet the high expectations that staff have of them.”
- “Behaviour is exceptionally calm and settled, including during social times, where pupils play happily together.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, however, these small steps have not yet been identified as closely.”
- “This means that, on occasion, lesson activities are not always as precisely linked to the intended learning as they could be.”
- “In other foundation subjects, while teachers do check pupils’ understanding, this is not done as precisely as in reading and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 43% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 33 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.
- Buckingham Park Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shoreham Beach Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holmbush Primary Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glebe Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Seaside Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Lancing Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published