St Margaret's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Littlehampton, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.94 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Margaret's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Littlehampton, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 September 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Margaret's 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 | 2.94 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 2.94 miles away, the 24th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 84 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 4 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Arundel Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4LP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being a part of their friendly school community.”
- “They welcome everyone to their school, greeting adults and friends with a happy ‘good morning’.”
- “Leaders and staff want the best for every pupil and build trusting relationships with them.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not checked that all teachers adapt the curriculum to take account of pupils’ different starting points.”
- “Sometimes, activities that teachers choose for pupils are too difficult or too easy.”
- “On occasion, teachers do not provide the right support to enable all pupils to achieve the task set for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 61% | 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: 84 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- East Preston Infant School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Preston Junior School 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Summerlea Community Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rustington Community Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ferring C of E Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published