Barnham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.67 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barnham Primary School is a primary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Barnham 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 | 1.67 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.67 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 45 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 39 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Elm Grove, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0HW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this wholly inclusive school.”
- “Staff know pupils remarkably well.”
- “Warm and respectful relationships between staff and pupils are at the heart of the school.”
To improve
- “Where leaders have recently updated aspects of the curriculum, not all the knowledge pupils are to learn has yet been precisely identified and sequenced as well as in other stronger subjects.”
- “In these small number of subjects, pupils do not secure learning as swiftly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 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) | 74% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 44 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.
- Eastergate CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walberton and Binsted CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aldingbourne Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yapton CE Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Slindon CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Downview Primary School 2.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Bishop Tufnell CofE Primary School, Felpham 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published