Seal Primary Academy

Seal Primary Academy is performing well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in April 2018. The school has established a strong sense of community where pupils feel safe, respected, and motivated to learn. With high expectations for behavior, staff foster an environment that encourages pupils to aspire and achieve their best, highlighted by positive feedback from parents about the enthusiasm and support of the staff. The curriculum is well-structured, particularly in reading, which is prioritized and effectively integrated with other subjects, leading to confident and engaged learners.

Strengths

• Pupils display exceptional behavior and a supportive ethos.
• The school has tailored the curriculum to include local relevance.
• Reading is prioritized, with effective strategies leading to confident readers.
• Staff work collaboratively towards ambitious educational goals.
• Pupils participate in various character-building and development opportunities.
• Trustees and local governors hold the school accountable effectively.

Areas for Improvement

• Some less-well-established subjects do not consistently help pupils understand and remember the curriculum.

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 Seal Primary Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Seal 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 Seal Primary Academy had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 13.6% of pupils at Seal Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Seal Primary Academy received £6,312 and spent £6,939 for each of its 303 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £136,000 (£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

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

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

What is Seal Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Seal Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Seal Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Seal Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Seal Primary Academy have?

Seal Primary Academy has 294 pupils on roll.

What age range does Seal Primary Academy cover?

Seal Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Seal Primary Academy?

Seal Primary Academy is at East Street, Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 0BN.