West Wittering Parochial Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.15 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Wittering Parochial Church of England 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 18 October 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
West Wittering Parochial Church of England 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 | 2.15 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
- In 2026, the last Reception child offered a place lived 2.15 miles away, the 30th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 13% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex that have results.
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
- Pound Road, West Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8AJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are joyful at this caring and happy school.”
- “Pupils say, ‘We are all friends here.”
- “At playtime, boys and girls of all ages dance on stage and share role play in the giant pirate ship, built by parent volunteers.”
To improve
- “However, work given to pupils does not always precisely match intended learning.”
- “As a result, pupils may not know and remember more in some subjects.”
- “Teachers do not always plan activities with a sharp focus on the key knowledge for pupils to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2022 (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) | 13% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- East Wittering Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birdham CE Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorney Island Community Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chidham Parochial Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Bosham Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sidlesham Primary School 4.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Southbourne Infant School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southbourne Junior School 4.6 mi School remains Good