Harting CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · South Harting, 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 🔒
Harting CofE Primary School is a primary school in South Harting, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Harting 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, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 5 of the 19 applications (26%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside West Sussex, and 4 offers went to them.
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
- Tipper Lane, South Harting, GU31 5QT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 97 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a nurturing community where pupils flourish.”
- “The school’s values of ‘love and respect’ run through everything it does.”
- “Behaviour around school and in lessons is positive.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is new in some subjects, and sometimes staff do not deliver it as the school intends.”
- “For example, occasionally, language is not modelled as precisely as it could be.”
- “Also, in mathematics, pupils do not regularly use reasoning in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 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) | 50% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 14 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.
- Compton and Up Marden CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Rogate CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stedham Primary School 4.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rake CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Midhurst CofE Primary School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Dean CofE Primary School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollycombe Primary School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Singleton CofE Primary School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published