West Chiltington Community Primary School
East Street, West Chiltington, Pulborough, RH20 2JYOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
West Chiltington Community Primary School is a primary school in Pulborough for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 332 schools in West Sussex. It ranks 95th of 189 primary schools in West Sussex. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025, report published 10 February 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 14 January 2025
Pupils are proud of their school with its motto of 'be kind, work hard, have fun'. They know that these aims are kept at the forefront of the school's work. Pupils thrive here. They develop well into confident, articulate young people with a thirst for learning. Pupils listen well in lessons and in conversations. They enjoy discussing their ideas with each other and with their teachers. The school is ambitious for all pupils to learn the knowledge and skills they need to be successful. Generally, pupils achieve well. Children in the early years get off to a great start in school. They benefit from a well-resourced and thoughtfully considered environment that sparks their imagination. Pupils feel safe. They trust adults to help them with their worries or concerns. Pupils learn how to keep themselves safe, including when online. They know exactly what constitutes acceptable online behaviour and what does not. Pupils benefit from well-considered opportunities to enrich their learning. For example, visits to places of worship, such as a Hindu temple and the local church, introduce pupils to different religions represented in modern Britain. Furthermore, visits to museums and galleries enhance pupils' understanding in subjects such as history and art.
What the school should improve
- Teachers' knowledge about how to deepen pupils' understanding is stronger in some subjects than it is in others. This means that pupils do not consistently achieve as well as they could. The school needs to strengthen teachers' subject and pedagogical knowledge so that they can ensure that pupils know and remember more across the whole curriculum.
- Subject leadership in some subjects is at an early stage of development. Leaders do not have a sufficiently clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses in their subjects and in what they need to do to support staff to implement the curriculum more effectively. The school should ensure that subject leadership across the whole curriculum improves.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
25 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
192 pupils on roll, with places for 210
Schools near West Chiltington Community Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thakeham Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 63% met the expected standard |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 39% met the expected standard |
| Storrington Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 53% met the expected standard |
| Ashington CofE Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 60% met the expected standard |
| William Penn School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 64% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Drummond
- Phone
- 01798813319
- Address
- East Street, West Chiltington, Pulborough, RH20 2JY
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- URN
- 125859
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.