St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Pulborough, 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 🔒
St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham is a primary school in Pulborough, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham 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
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 20% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 11.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.1 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
- Church Lane, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, RH20 1LW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 44 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils speak with maturity and fondness about their school, which they describe as ‘small, fun and peaceful’.”
- “They take pride in looking after each other.”
- “Older pupils take on responsibility for being role models to younger ones.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, though, the youngest children experience fewer opportunities for wider learning because the physical environment is not yet fully developed to promote all aspects of the early years curriculum as well as it could be.”
- “The school knows that not all subject leaders have yet had the opportunity to closely monitor whether the curriculum is building knowledge effectively across the school.”
- “On occasion, this practice is not consistent across the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 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) | 20% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Fittleworth CofE Village School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bury CofE Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Amberley CofE Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Duncton CofE Junior School 3.9 mi School remains Good
- Petworth Cof E Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Storrington Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- West Chiltington Community Primary School 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published