West Dean CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Chichester · PO18 0RJ · West Sussex
Ages 4–11
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 125993
Singleton CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Singleton · PO18 0HP
Ages 4–11 · 69 pupils · West Sussex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
38%
Overall absence
4.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)38%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.5%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 61
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill99%
69 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 69
- Boys / girls
- 33 / 36
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 69 / 70 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chichester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Theresa Smyth
Location
- Address
- Charlton Road, Singleton CE Primary School
- Postcode
- PO18 0HP
- Town
- Singleton
- County
- West Sussex
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- District
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: 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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Singleton, West Sussex, 69 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 18.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chichester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Theresa Smyth
- Telephone
- 01243811679