Rake CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Liss, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.28 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rake CofE Primary School is a primary school in Liss, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Rake 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 | 2.28 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
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 14 offers; 12 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families (52%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.8 first choices per offer for Reception 2026 was the 3rd highest of 205 West Sussex primary schools.
- Of the 60 applications for Reception 2026, 52 (87%) came from families living outside West Sussex, and 10 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- London Road, Rake, Liss, GU33 7JH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They understand the school’s values of ‘love, respect and perseverance’ and talk about these confidently.”
- “Pupils learn to keep themselves healthy, such as through healthy meal choices, and know how to stay safe online.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff are less precise in the checks they make on what pupils know and remember.”
- “This can mean pupils have gaps in their knowledge or understanding that go unnoticed and so unaddressed.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not build on their prior knowledge as securely as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 25% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 12 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.
- Hollycombe Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Rogate CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stedham Primary School 4.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Fernhurst Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Camelsdale Primary School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harting CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Midhurst CofE Primary School 6.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Easebourne CofE Primary School 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published