Portfield Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Portfield Primary Academy is a primary school in West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Portfield Primary Academy 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, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 30 first-choice applications for 42 offers, the 6th lowest of 205 West Sussex primary schools for first choices per offer.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% 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
- St James Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7HA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 288 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are kind and welcoming at Portfield Primary Academy.”
- “They are proud to be part of this caring and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils in the specially resourced provision for pupils with developmental language disorder are fully involved in every aspect of school life.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ achievement over time and across the breadth of the curriculum remains too variable.”
- “Some pupils leaving key stage 2, including disadvantaged pupils, are not well enough prepared for the next stage in their education.”
- “Most pupils attend school regularly, but too many, including disadvantaged pupils, still miss too much school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2026 (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) | 43% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 30 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.
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- St. Joseph's Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Kingsham Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The March CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published