Rustington Community Primary School
North Lane, Littlehampton, BN16 3PW
554 pupils · 88% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Free school meals
- 8.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 11 February 2025, published 9 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 56% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.93 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 42 | 39 | 141 | 41 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 55 | 54 | 134 | 55 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 75 | 75 | 182 | 75 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 76 | 75 | 197 | 76 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 84 | 259 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 84 | 254 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 81 | 256 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 83 | 245 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Summerlea Community Primary School 0.3 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton 1.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- River Beach Primary School 2.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Lyminster Primary School 2.1 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- East Preston Junior School 2.3 km · Good (2019) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.