School admissions in Littlehampton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 11 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Littlehampton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Littlehampton first 531 times for 526 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the West Sussex authority's 208 schools. 2 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 2.56 miles (Georgian Gardens Community Primary School) to 4.52 miles (East Preston Infant School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
11 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's CofE Primary School | 1.40 | 60 | not published |
| Lyminster Primary School | 1.30 | 30 | not published |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 15 | not published |
| East Preston Infant School | 0.98 | 90 | 7268.82 m (≈4.52 mi) |
| River Beach Primary School | 0.96 | 68 | 1797.86 m (≈1.12 mi) |
| Georgian Gardens Community Primary School | 0.95 | 58 | 4112.39 m (≈2.56 mi) |
| Summerlea Community Primary School | 0.93 | 60 | not published |
| Rustington Community Primary School | 0.93 | 42 | 2215.13 m (≈1.38 mi) |
| St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School | 0.90 | 21 | not published |
| White Meadows Primary Academy | 0.89 | 53 | not published |
| St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton | 0.83 | 29 | 104.64 m (≈0.07 mi) |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.