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Barnham Primary School

Primary · Bognor Regis · PO22 0HW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 27 March 2024

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At a glance

313 pupils · 99% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.barnhamprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
142141

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 44 Reception places, 1.02 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2691.26 m (≈1.67 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 27 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.02 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2691.26 m (≈1.67 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2691.26 m (≈1.67 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
West Sussex average59.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Eggbuckland Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth · 155 miles awayOutstanding59%
The Cranbourne Primary SchoolHoddesdon · 71 miles awayGood68%
Somersham Primary SchoolSomersham · 111 miles awayOutstanding74%
Bure Park Primary SchoolBicester · 77 miles awayGood69%
Arthur Bugler Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 67 miles awayNo current grade58%
Buckden CofE Primary SchoolSt Neots · 102 miles awayGood56%
Willowbank Primary SchoolCullompton · 120 miles awayGood56%
Stanford-Le-Hope Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 66 miles awayGood62%
The Chandler CofE Aided Junior SchoolGodalming · 22 miles awayGood63%
Harwell Primary SchoolDidcot · 60 miles awayExpected standard62%
Burraton Community Primary SchoolSaltash · 160 miles awayGood63%
Sutton CofE VC Primary SchoolEly · 112 miles awayGood54%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
14 of 14 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (West Sussex 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (West Sussex 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (West Sussex 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (West Sussex 1%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (West Sussex 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Sussex: 2.81 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,038; 13.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,079
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £780,000; in-year balance +£86,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.9%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented10.6%20.5%
Detached houses54%22.9%
Flats9.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031393 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£355,000201 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£280,000–£476,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (71)£551,000
Semi-detached (56)£369,000
Terraced (44)£300,000
Flat (30)£181,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.69 km, 2026 entry): 797 sales, median £390,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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