Warnham CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.63 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Warnham CofE Primary School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 27 November 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Warnham 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 | 3.63 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 3.63 miles, the 15th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 12% 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
- Freeman Road, Warnham, Rh12 3rq, Horsham, RH12 3RQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 27 November 2024
Strengths
- “Warnham is a happy, friendly place.”
- “Pupils are polite and kind to one another and behave well.”
- “The school’s high expectations for what pupils can achieve are evident in the strong achievement of pupils in end of key stage assessments, and in their readiness and confidence to discuss their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, there is not the same sharp connection between the intended learning and the activities undertaken in lessons.”
- “When this happens, pupils are not as able to recall their learning effectively or apply it to new situations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 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) | 48% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Holbrook Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trafalgar Community Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenway Junior School 1.6 mi Good
- Shelley Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Heath Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arunside School, Horsham 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School, Horsham 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published