Seal Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Selsey · PO20 0BN · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM21.1%
- Demand0.96
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 137370
Medmerry Primary School
Academy converter · Chichester · PO20 0QJ
Ages 4–11 · 211 pupils · West Sussex
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
48%
Overall absence
7.1%
Admissions demand
0.93 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-12-18
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)48%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 98.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.4%
Unauthorised1.7%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 181
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.93 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
28
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
25
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 57
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
211 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- Boys / girls
- 98 / 113
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 211 / 210 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- FSM pupils
- 44
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Schoolsworks Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Dave Lott
Location
- Address
- High Street, Selsey
- Postcode
- PO20 0QJ
- Town
- Chichester
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Chichester, West Sussex, 211 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 20.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Sidlesham Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementCommunity school · Primary
Chichester · PO20 7NL · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
- KS232%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM21.6%
- Demand1.50
2.7 miles away
The Academy, Selsey
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Chichester · PO20 9EH · West Sussex
Ages 11–16
- Att840.2
- P8-0.3
- EM5+26%
- Absence11.1%
0.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Dave Lott
- Telephone
- 01243602738