Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 11% 11% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 11% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 102 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 96 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2022/23	17%[3]	0%[3]	96[3]	90[3]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 3 Mar 2026[4]
Type: S5 Inspection[4]
Report published: 10 May 2026[4]
Inclusion: Expected standard[4]
Achievement: Needs attention[4]
Safeguarding standards: Met[4]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[4]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[4]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[4]
Early years (where applicable): Expected standard[4]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[4]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
19 Sep 2023[5]	S5 Inspection[5]	Requires improvement[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.1 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 17 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 6 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 8 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	16[6]	7[6]	7[6]	2.3[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2024	14[6]	6[6]	7[6]	2.0[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2023	19[6]	8[6]	8[6]	2.4[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2022	22[6]	7[6]	8[6]	2.8[6]	0.9[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 56[1]
Trust: SOUTH DOWNS EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority: West Sussex[1]
Website: www.claphamandpatching.co.uk [1]
District: Arun [7]
Postcode: BN13 3UU[1]
URN: 148170[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 58 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 1.7% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 48.3% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 8.6% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 22.4% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 100%[9]
Mixed: 0%[9]
Asian: 0%[9]
Black: 0%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[9]
Unclassified: 0%[9]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.