Southway Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.90 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southway Primary School is a primary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Southway 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 | 0.90 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 0.90 miles from the school, the 34th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 distance was nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2023, and it has swung sharply, most of all between 2023 and 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 4% 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
- South Way, Bognor Regis, PO21 5EZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2022
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and vibrant school.”
- “Pupils enjoy their learning, and teachers make lessons interesting.”
- “Pupils appreciate that their individual talents are recognised and developed.”
To improve
- “To help address this, they have reduced the amount that pupils will learn in a few subjects and year groups.”
- “However, sometimes, the needs of these pupils are not identified as precisely as they could be.”
- “In these cases, the support that pupils receive is less beneficial.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2022 (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) | 52% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Nyewood CofE Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nyewood CofE Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Bersted CofE Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Edward Bryant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rose Green Junior School 1.4 mi Outstanding