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St Mary's CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 105Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 126024URN

Brookpit Lane, Clymping, Littlehampton, BN17 5QU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
0.8 above West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

49 applications for 15 places · 33rd of 180 in West Sussex
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
69%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024

Inspection history

  1. 5 March 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 22 October 2014
    Graded inspection: 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
3.3applications per place, Reception
0.8 above West Sussex median (2.5) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

49 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.3; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.9; West Sussex median median 2.5
  3. 2024 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
  5. 2022 4.0; West Sussex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.7
  7. 2020 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.7; West Sussex median median 2.8
  9. 2018 4.8; West Sussex median median 2.8
  10. 2017 3.5; West Sussex median median 2.5
  11. 2016 4.5; West Sussex median median 2.7
  12. 2015 5.9; West Sussex median median 2.8
  13. 2014 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.6
More applications per place than the West Sussex median in 13 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 202615493.3151.00
Sep 202515583.9261.73
Sep 202414423.0141.00
Sep 202311322.9111.00
Sep 202212484.0100.83
Sep 202115483.2130.87
Sep 202015453.0130.87
Sep 201915553.7171.13
Sep 201815724.8191.27
Sep 201715523.5181.20
Sep 201615674.590.60
Sep 201515895.9181.20
Sep 201415432.9181.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 69% · Maths 75% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%48th of 188 in West Sussex
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard44%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard69%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2569%6%106103
2023/2436%7%106102
2022/2367%13%106106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
126024 · 938/3308
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 105 on roll
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Brookpit Lane, Clymping, Littlehampton, BN17 5QU
Local authority
West Sussex · Arun

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