Chichester Free School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–19 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.56 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Not published
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Chichester Free School is an all-through school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 4–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Chichester Free 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 | 1.56 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
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 1.56 miles away, further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- In 2026 Reception had 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 1 of the 4 years with a published outcome.
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
- Hunston Road, Chichester, PO20 1NP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,118 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Chichester Free School’s vision is to ‘nurture, challenge and inspire’ pupils both inside and outside the classroom at this vibrant all-through school.”
- “This is realised consistently well, not least because of strong leadership throughout.”
- “Children in Reception settle quickly.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, sometimes staff do not make the most effective activity choices to enable pupils to learn as well as they could.”
- “Here, pupils do not develop deep thinking or remember important information as successfully as elsewhere.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well staff use this training.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 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) | 67% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 51 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 80 first-preference applications, 67 offers in total, 54 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- The Prebendal School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Anthony's School 1.7 mi Outstanding
- Westbourne House School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Fordwater School, Chichester 2.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Oakwood School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Amicus School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Ballard School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Slindon College 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade