Chidham Parochial Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.01 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chidham Parochial Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Chidham Parochial 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 | 3.01 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 3.01 miles, the 22nd longest of the 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance, and further than in 2018.
- There were 30 first-choice applications for 30 Reception 2026 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 34.2, against a middle figure of 22.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Chidham Lane, Chidham, Chichester, PO18 8TH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 34.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “In the words of one parent, reflecting the views of the majority, ‘Chidham as a school has such a strong ethos around personal development and social responsibilities.”
- “As they rightly went on to say, it ‘also instils in the children a real understanding of the importance of kindness and accepting each other’s differences’.”
- “They appreciate the programmes that help them build teamwork, resilience, cooperation and life skills.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not identified precisely enough what the essential learning is for pupils in subjects other than English and mathematics as they progress from Reception onwards.”
- “So, while pupils can often see how they have got better at something, sometimes what they remember is interesting but not key to what comes next.”
- “This means that there are some gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Bosham Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Funtington Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorney Island Community Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fishbourne CofE Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westbourne Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published