Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.09 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre 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 | 4.09 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 child offered a place lived 4.09 miles away, the 12th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and 2018, and was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers: 13 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 18% 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
- The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 137 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are well cared for at this small, nurturing school.”
- “There is a warm and kind approach by all adults, who focus on building strong and trusting relationships.”
- “Pupils say that they feel delighted to come to school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum is still very new.”
- “As yet, pupils are not able to recall their learning as confidently.”
- “Often they can remember different learning experiences rather than being sure about the factual knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (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) | 18% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 13 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.
- Rudgwick Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warnham CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barns Green Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arunside School, Horsham 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenway Junior School 3.1 mi Good
- Trafalgar Community Infant School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published