Summerlea Community Primary School
Primary · Littlehampton · BN16 3SW
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 7 December 2022
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377 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 150513
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 56 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 7 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.93 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 56 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Criterion 8
- 5918.72 m (≈3.68 mi)
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Littlehampton school admissions · West Sussex school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
no data
no data
no data
no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 88% (West Sussex 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (West Sussex 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (West Sussex 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (West Sussex 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (West Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (West Sussex 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (West Sussex 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 3%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
9.57 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
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)
60% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.2 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 £49,467; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
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 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 87.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 10.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 50.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 36% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031463 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £320,000507 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £270,000–£410,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 19an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an 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