St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Littlehampton, West Sussex·BN16 4JR
Composite score
42.2
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#10,120
National rank
#1511
In South East
#124
In West Sussex
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 21 places
Last place offered lived
0.96 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1553 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20221.0020230.9520241.0020250.912026

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
158
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,728
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Littlehampton, West Sussex, St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 158 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% 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 17.0 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.96 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. St Wilfrids Catholic 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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