Arundel CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Arundel, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.65 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Arundel CofE Primary School is a primary school in Arundel, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Arundel 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 | 7.65 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 7.65 miles away, the 3rd longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 90% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Jarvis Road, Arundel, BN18 9HT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 July 2024
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community at this school.”
- “Staff prioritise getting to know pupils and their families well.”
- “Older pupils buddy up with younger pupils when they join the school, helping to create a warm and harmonious environment.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the activities that are set for pupils do not always help them to learn the full depth of knowledge that the school intends.”
- “Where this happens, pupils’ understanding is sometimes less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 2024 (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) | 90% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 29 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.
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walberton and Binsted CofE Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyminster Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Slindon CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yapton CE Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- White Meadows Primary Academy 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River Beach Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published