Amberley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Arundel, 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 🔒
Amberley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Arundel, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Amberley CofE 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 4 first-choice applications for 6 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 28.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- The school has 12.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.9 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
- School Road, Amberley, Arundel, BN18 9NB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 45 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe, happy and secure.”
- “They are surrounded by adults and peers who know them well and care for them at this small friendly school.”
- “An adult with a listening ear is never far away if pupils need to share a worry.”
To improve
- “These systems are not yet fully in place across the wider curriculum.”
- “This makes it harder for teachers to identify and build on pupils’ prior knowledge successfully in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 4 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 4 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.
- Bury CofE Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Storrington Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Fittleworth CofE Village School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arundel CofE Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thakeham Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published