Tangmere Primary Academy

Tangmere Primary Academy is performing well, effectively maintaining the standards set during its last inspection. The school fosters a welcoming and supportive environment, instilling happiness and safety among its pupils. With an ambitious and well-structured curriculum, pupils engage eagerly in their learning. Their experiences are enriched by various initiatives that help them develop essential life skills and understand diverse career paths. However, there are challenges in meeting the individual needs of some pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which affects their learning success.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly school environment
• Strong curriculum development and implementation
• High expectations for pupil behavior and attendance
• Effective training and support for staff
• Opportunities for pupils' wider development and leadership skills
• Strong focus on reading and literacy

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND struggle due to insufficient curriculum adaptation

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 Tangmere Primary Academy attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Tangmere Primary Academy 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 Tangmere Primary Academy had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 26.9% of pupils at Tangmere Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 2024–25 Tangmere Primary Academy received £6,693 and spent £7,058 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£449 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of The Kemnal Academies Trust, income was £8,501 and spending £8,452 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Chichester · West Sussex local authority: places and applications

Tangmere Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, which runs 45 schools. The nearest others:

• Portfield Primary Academy West Sussex
• Chichester High School Chichester
• The Academy, Selsey Chichester
• Seal Primary Academy Selsey
• Havant Academy Havant
• Front Lawn Primary Academy Havant
• Miltoncross Academy Portsmouth
• Bridgemary School Gosport
• The Bewbush Academy Crawley
• Seymour Primary School Crawley

What is Tangmere Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tangmere Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Tangmere Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tangmere Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Tangmere Primary Academy have?

Tangmere Primary Academy has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tangmere Primary Academy cover?

Tangmere Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Tangmere Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tangmere Primary Academy?

Tangmere Primary Academy is at Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2JB.