Medmerry Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.71 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Medmerry Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Medmerry 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 | 0.71 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered, 0.71 miles, was 22nd shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; their middle figure was 1.30 miles.
- That Reception distance was about the same as in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% 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
- High Street, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0QJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils trust adults implicitly to help them with any worries or concerns.”
- “Pupils are polite and articulate.”
- “They behave respectfully towards each other and towards adults.”
To improve
- “The school was disappointed with its recent key stage 2 national test results.”
- “On occasion, however, activities that pupils complete do not enable them to learn the curriculum as well as they could.”
- “For example, some activities do not allow pupils to explain what they know about a topic sufficiently well or enable pupils to be fully engaged in class discussions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 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) | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Seal Primary Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sidlesham Primary School 2.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- East Wittering Community Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rose Green Infant School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birdham CE Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Rose Green Junior School 4.5 mi Outstanding
- Nyewood CofE Junior School 5.6 mi School remains Good
- Nyewood CofE Infant School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published