Rustington Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Littlehampton, 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 🔒
Rustington Community Primary School is a primary school in Littlehampton, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Rustington Community 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
- For Reception in 2026, there were 39 first-choice applications for 42 offers, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 8.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21% 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
- North Lane, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3PW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 554 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are welcoming, friendly and proud of their thriving school.”
- “Expectations and ambitions are high for all.”
- “Behaviour is positive from early years to Year 6.”
To improve
- “Last year, fewer pupils than usual achieved exceptional standards in mathematics at the end of key stage 2.”
- “Across the school’s broad curriculum, lesson tasks are usually well designed, but adaptations are not always precise.”
- “This prevents some pupils, including pupils with SEND, from learning key content securely across the whole curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 56% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 39 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.
- Summerlea Community Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River Beach Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lyminster Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- East Preston Junior School 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- East Preston Infant School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- White Meadows Primary Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published