Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry71 applications · 29 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2025 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.5
- 2024 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.9; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2020 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 3.2; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- West Sussex median
Dashed bars: as St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton (URN 126040), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 71 | 2.5 | 24 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2024 * | 27 | 80 | 3.0 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 29 | 72 | 2.5 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 * | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 18 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2021 * | 26 | 63 | 2.4 | 19 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 102 | 3.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 * | 27 | 91 | 3.4 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 102 | 1.7 | 34 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 26 | 44 | 1.7 | 15 | 0.58 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, LittlehamptonThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.5applications per place
- 0.5 km · West SussexStandards maintained20253.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · West SussexRemains Good20221.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · West SussexRequires improvement20222.4applications per place
- 1.9 km · West SussexGraded · no overall grade20253.4applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · West SussexRemains Good20243.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · West SussexGood20222.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · West Sussex20263.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151256 · 938/3332
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 216 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton (URN 126040)
- Address
- Highdown Drive, St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton, BN17 6HL
- Local authority
- West Sussex · Arun
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources