Summerlea Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Littlehampton, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.68 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Summerlea Community Primary School is a primary school in Littlehampton, West Sussex for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Summerlea 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 | 3.68 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
- Reception 2026 last distance offered was 3.68 miles, the 14th longest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.30 miles.
- For Reception, every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome, while the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2018.
- Reception 2026 had 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 55 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- 9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex is 21%.
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
- Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 377 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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.
- Rustington Community Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyminster Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- River Beach Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- White Meadows Primary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Preston Junior School 1.5 mi Standards maintained
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published