St Margaret's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Littlehampton, West Sussex·BN16 4LP
Composite score
45.5
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#8,952
National rank
#1330
In South East
#96
In West Sussex
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
70%
84 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.40
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
135
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.44
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9320220.9820231.0020240.9620251.402026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Margaret's CofE Primary School yet. West Sussex does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
415
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,736
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Margaret's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Littlehampton, West Sussex, St Margaret's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 415 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 70% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (84 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 24.1 pupils per teacher. St Margaret's CofE 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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