Seal Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Selsey, West Sussex·PO20 0BN
Composite score
46.3
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#8,695
National rank
#1291
In South East
#91
In West Sussex
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
38 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
67
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.51 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 813 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7720220.8320230.8920240.9720251.272026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
302
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,904
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Seal Primary Academy

Seal Primary Academy is a primary school in Selsey, West Sussex, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 302 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 64% 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 risen by 1.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Seal Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 38 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.51 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. Seal Primary Academy 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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