West Chiltington Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Pulborough, West Sussex·RH20 2JY
Composite score
45.7
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#8,900
National rank
#1320
In South East
#93
In West Sussex
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
72
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.9620230.8820240.9320250.702026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put West Chiltington Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
189
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,996
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

West Chiltington Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Pulborough, West Sussex, West Chiltington Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 189 pupils aged 4 to 11. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made West Chiltington Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. West Chiltington Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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