East Wittering Community Primary School

About East Wittering Community Primary School

Parents considering East Wittering Community Primary School will find a school that is clearly popular locally. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 55 applications for 34 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.62. Of those, 31 families put it as their first preference, and all 31 received an offer. That level of demand suggests a solid reputation among local families, even though the school does not publish a parent-view recommendation percentage. The school is a state primary for mixed genders aged 5 to 11, with no religious character, and is led by headteacher Justine Brooks. It currently has 267 pupils on roll against a capacity of 315, so there is some headroom, but the oversubscription figures show that securing a place is not guaranteed for everyone who applies.

Academically, East Wittering sits in a middling position within West Sussex. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is below the local authority average of 56% and places the school 124th out of 226 similar schools in the county. In the Chichester local area specifically, it ranks 19th out of 38 schools, putting it in the bottom half of its immediate neighbours. Looking at individual subjects, 76% met the expected standard in writing, 66% in maths and 63% in reading. Higher attainment — reaching a higher standard across all three — was achieved by just 2% of pupils. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in March 2023, confirmed it remains Good, a rating it has held consistently since at least 2013.

The school offers a decent range of facilities for a primary of its size, including a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, ICT suite, music rooms, art studios and a forest school. Sports on offer include athletics, tennis, dance and rounders, and there are clubs such as science, eco and choir. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 27.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage. It is not a boarding school, has no sixth form and no nursery provision. This is a school that will suit families who value a broad, active primary experience and who are comfortable with results that sit around the local average.

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