Lyminster Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Littlehampton, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.45 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lyminster Primary School is a primary school in Littlehampton, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Lyminster 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 | 0.45 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.45 miles away, the 10th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2018, and the biggest move came from 2025 to 2026.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Wick Street, Littlehampton, BN17 7JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school encourages pupils to ‘find your roar’.”
- “Pupils embody this in a number of ways.”
- “They discuss their learning excitedly with each other and staff.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of older pupils are less accurate in their spelling and use of grammar.”
- “This means that these pupils do not always communicate their ideas as clearly as they could.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects the activities that teachers select are not matched to the curriculum precisely enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- White Meadows Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- River Beach Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Summerlea Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rustington Community Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Arundel CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published