St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.73 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 January 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE (Aided) 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 | 0.73 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.73 miles away, the 23rd shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Further than in 2018 and about the same as in 2025, the 2026 Reception last distance was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Normandy, Horsham, RH12 1JL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
- “They are kind and respectful towards one another.”
- “Those who arrive mid-year or mid-phase are welcomed warmly and helped to settle into the school’s well-established routines.”
To improve
- “They are beginning to consider how to widen their oversight of the quality of education, so it routinely stretches beyond the school’s current development priorities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 67% | 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: 33 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.
- Arunside School, Horsham 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenway Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Trafalgar Community Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingslea Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heron Way Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- North Heath Community Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published