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East Preston Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 223Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 125919URN

Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.5 below West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

173 applications for 90 places · 150th of 180 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 3 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 3 June 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 17 October 2019
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.5 below West Sussex median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

173 applications · 90 places offered · 88 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.8
  10. 2017 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.8
  13. 2014 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026901731.9880.98
Sep 2025791542.0750.95
Sep 2024701422.0701.00
Sep 2023781582.0781.00
Sep 2022882162.51181.34
Sep 2021841762.1820.98
Sep 2020902122.41031.14
Sep 2019871732.0840.97
Sep 2018901721.9961.07
Sep 2017631181.9620.98
Sep 2016641141.8600.94
Sep 2015761622.1700.92
Sep 2014601121.9611.02

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
125919 · 938/2183
Capacity
270 pupils · 223 on roll
Free school meals
3.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Local authority
West Sussex · Arun

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources