Kingsham Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Chichester, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.55 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsham Primary School is a primary school in Chichester, West Sussex for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 June 2025. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Kingsham 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 | 1.55 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
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered, 1.55 miles, was further than in 2025 and 40th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 33.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 21.8% 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
- Hay Road, Chichester, PO19 8BN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 270 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 June 2025
Strengths
- “Familiar morning routines set the positive tone for the day.”
- “Staff on the gate and at the classroom doors greet pupils by name and with a welcoming smile.”
- “They are ready to hear what is going on in pupils’ lives beyond school, answer parents’ and carers’ questions and sort out any worries.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, learning activities are not pitched at the right level.”
- “The school’s practice of encouraging pupils to ‘think out loud’ to check their understanding is not fully embedded.”
- “Pupils have not necessarily got off to the best start learning to read in the recent past.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 69% | 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, 25 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.
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Portfield Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School 1.0 mi Good
- North Mundham Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St. Joseph's Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Parklands Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jessie Younghusband Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published