East Preston Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Littlehampton, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.52 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
East Preston Infant School is a primary school in Littlehampton, West Sussex for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
East Preston Infant 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 | 4.52 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 4.52 miles away, 10th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2018, and every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 88 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 86 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 3.6%, against a middle figure of 16% across 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
- Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Warm and positive relationships underpin this welcoming learning community.”
- “Pupils spill over with enthusiasm when talking about their learning at East Preston Infant School.”
- “They enjoy creatively exploring the natural world in forest and beach school.”
To improve
- “However, there is some inconsistency in how the school checks what pupils know and can do before moving them on to new learning.”
- “This means that, at times, pupils’ work is not appropriately adapted to enable all pupils to achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, as pupils move through the school, errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar are not always effectively addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 88 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 86 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.
- East Preston Junior School 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rustington Community Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Summerlea Community Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ferring C of E Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published