How close do I need to live to get into Chiddingly Primary School?

3.534368126064101 miles was enough in varies, which makes it the best evidence available rather than a promise about next year. The distance moves every year with the number of applications.

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Chiddingly Primary School

Q: What is the catchment area for Chiddingly Primary School?

It does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, when it is oversubscribed it offers places outward from the school until they run out. The furthest child admitted in varies lived 3.534368126064101 miles away, according to East Sussex.

Community school in Lewes, BN8 6HN, taking ages 5 to 11, 103 on roll.

How far it admitted from

3.534368126064101 miles

In the varies round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Chiddingly Primary School lived 3.534368126064101 miles away, according to East Sussex.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Chiddingly Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived. 3.534368126064101 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious character	No religious character
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
How full	103 pupils in 105 places (98% full)
Local authority	East Sussex

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Meeting the expected standard

64.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)

Year	Meeting the expected standard
2024/25	64.0%
2023/24	80.0%
2022/23	54.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Chiddingly Primary School

Girls and boys	49.5% girls, 50.5% boys
English as an additional language	1.0% of pupils
Free school meals	16.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Chiddingly Primary School?

Chiddingly Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in varies lived 3.534368126064101 miles away, per East Sussex.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Chiddingly Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 3.534368126064101 miles was enough in varies, and at 98% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Chiddingly Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Admission distance published by East Sussex. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.