Eastergate CofE Primary School

Eastergate C of E Primary School is a welcoming church primary school where pupils feel safe, know the school’s values and generally behave well. Inspectors found the school requires improvement overall: personal development and early years provision are stronger, while the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management need further work. The school was previously judged good, and it uses support from the local authority and diocese well.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, welcoming and feel safe in school.
• Children get off to a good start in Reception because the early years curriculum is well considered.
• Early reading and phonics are developing well, with appropriate support for pupils who struggle.
• Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and most have their academic needs met through suitable adaptations.
• The personal development programme helps pupils understand healthy lifestyles, mental well-being and modern British society.
• Many pupils take on responsibilities and participate in clubs, performances and visits.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Governors fulfil their statutory duties and the school makes good use of local authority and diocese support.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum delivery is inconsistent across many subjects, so pupils do not learn key knowledge, skills and vocabulary well enough.
• Teachers do not always have the subject knowledge and expertise needed to teach the curriculum effectively.
• Leaders have not routinely checked how well the curriculum is being taught.
• Some tasks do not let pupils develop or show their understanding, which creates gaps in learning.
• Pupils’ achievement is lower than it should be, including in national tests.
• The behaviour policy is not applied consistently, and poor behaviour is not always addressed swiftly.
• Staff are unclear about implementing the behaviour policy and individual behaviour plans, leading to disproportionate time dealing with incidents.
• Governors have not held leaders to account effectively for curriculum standards or behaviour management.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Eastergate CofE Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.1% of pupils at Eastergate CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Eastergate CofE Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.1% of pupils at Eastergate CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Eastergate CofE Primary School received £6,943 and spent £6,935 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £25,000 (£128 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Eastergate CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eastergate CofE Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Eastergate CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eastergate CofE Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Eastergate CofE Primary School have?

Eastergate CofE Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eastergate CofE Primary School cover?

Eastergate CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Eastergate CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eastergate CofE Primary School?

Eastergate CofE Primary School is at Church Lane, Eastergate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 3UT.