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West Dean CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 102Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 151586URN

West Dean, West Dean Ce Primary School, Chichester, PO18 0RJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to West Sussex median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Sussex

33 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 2 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to West Sussex median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

33 applications · 14 places offered · 15 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; West Sussex median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  3. 2024 3.0; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  4. 2023 3.8; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  5. 2022 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  6. 2021 4.4; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.4; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 4.0; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.1; West Sussex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.7; West Sussex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.1; West Sussex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; West Sussex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Dashed bars: as West Dean CofE Primary School (URN 126004), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202614332.4151.07
Sep 2025 *13403.1120.92
Sep 2024 *14423.0130.93
Sep 2023 *14533.8181.29
Sep 2022 *14443.1161.14
Sep 2021 *14614.4251.79
Sep 2020 *14443.1141.00
Sep 2019 *14473.4191.36
Sep 2018 *14564.0181.29
Sep 2017 *14433.1181.29
Sep 2016 *14382.7141.00
Sep 2015 *14584.1161.14
Sep 2014 *14392.8120.86

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
151586 · 938/3045
Trust
Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
98 pupils · 102 on roll
Free school meals
3.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2025
Replaced
West Dean CofE Primary School (URN 126004)
Address
West Dean, West Dean Ce Primary School, Chichester, PO18 0RJ
Local authority
West Sussex · Chichester

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