South Bersted CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.12 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
South Bersted CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
South Bersted 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 | 1.12 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 Reception child offered a place lived 1.12 miles away, the 38th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and 2018, and it was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex that have results.
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
- Church Lane, Bognor Regis, PO22 9PZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2022
Strengths
- “South Bersted is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and caring.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe in school, because they know an adult will listen if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that in some subjects, such as writing, pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
- “Leaders have identified that this is because pupils have not had enough time to practise and embed new knowledge before moving on to harder work.”
- “A few pupils do not read as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2022 (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) | 78% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Edward Bryant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southway Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Downview Primary School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Nyewood CofE Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nyewood CofE Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good