East Preston Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Littlehampton, West Sussex
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2018 to 2026, as West Sussex published it, drawn on the map
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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