Compton and Up Marden CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, 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 🔒
Compton and Up Marden CofE 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 30 January 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Compton and Up Marden 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
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 8 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 8 of the 19 applications (42%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside West Sussex, and 5 offers went to them.
- The school has 13.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 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 Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 66 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this school, where staff aim to ‘excite, engage and include’ them.”
- “Pupils speak with fondness of the school’s values of love, hope, forgiveness, perseverance and respectfulness.”
- “They invariably show these values throughout each day.”
To improve
- “However, because the work on the wider curriculum is more recent than in English and mathematics, it is not yet fully developed.”
- “As such, pupils do not achieve as well as they could in some subjects.”
- “However, while support is in place for these pupils, this is not always precisely matched to pupils’ needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 42% | 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, 10 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.
- Harting CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westbourne Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Funtington Primary School 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Dean CofE Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southbourne Infant School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Junior School 5.5 mi School remains Good
- Rogate CofE Primary School 5.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lavant Primary School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published