Sompting Village Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Lancing, 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 🔒
Sompting Village Primary School is a primary school in Lancing, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Sompting Village 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
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
- White Styles Road, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0BU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 362 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils experience a caring and warm environment where inclusivity is valued.”
- “This common feeling was summarised by one pupil, who shared this comment, ‘Everyone is different and that’s what makes us special.”
- “There is a sharp focus on knowing each pupil well.”
To improve
- “They have identified that many pupils lack confidence.”
- “Leaders have identified a few foundation subjects where pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “This is because leaders have not provided teachers with the precise order in which pupils will learn the essential knowledge that they need to remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2023 (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) | 54% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 40 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.
- Bramber Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Globe Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Downsbrook Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whytemead Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- North Lancing Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Homefield Primary School and SSC 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Seaside Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published